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Sir Andrew Motion: more can be done to clear pollution
spectacular coasts and intimate river valleys deserve to see their beauty mirrored by limitless, star-studded skies. We should all strive to restore the benefits of darkness. * Sir Andrew Motion is the president of the Campaign to Protect Rural England from The Telegraph Read more »
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Western Morning News published 'Tax the second home townies'
poet laureate and countryside campaigner Sir Andrew Motion has launched an all-out attack on second home owners and called for a tax hike on ''townies in the countryside". The president of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) blamed those with a second from This is Cornwall Read more »
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Paperback review: Silver, By Andrew Motion
their ship lands on the island and she becomes involved in the rescue of slaves held there. Stevenson was a supreme stylist, whom Motion cannot hope to imitate here, but one senses a great deal of pleasure was had in the writing of this enjoyable enough sequel from The Independent Read more »
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Sir Andrew Motion, there’s much more to rural life than housing
feature of English life is in decline, and it’s not just because we like the local ale. In this morning’s Times (£), Sir Andrew Motion, the former poet laureate now chairing the Campaign to Protect Rural England, says that ‘townies’ with second homes should from Spectator Magazine Read more »
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Motion blasts second-home townies
countryside beyond the reach of more families, according to the head of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). Sir Andrew Motion, the former Poet Laureate, said "townies in the countryside" were "gutting" rural communities, and blamed them for helping from Crewe & Nantwich Guardian Read more »
