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2020VISION in The National Forest

The stunning 2020VISION street gallery exhibition has arrived in Swadlincote, after months of planning. It is a privilege to have worked with all our partners to bring it here. South Derbyshire District Council, the National Trust at Calke Abbey and our local sponsor H K Wentworth Limited have all worked enthusiastically with us to make this most of this brilliant opportunity.

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Alistair McGowan Top of the Bill for Comedy Wood

Headline act comedian and actor Alistair McGowan planted the first tree in Comedy Wood, a new woodland in The National Forest, outside Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire, this week.

Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival has worked with the National Forest Company to raise funds to create this new woodland....

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Alice Oswald's 'Memorial', war and the modernity of the rural

It's often implied, in our multi-riven country, that to live in a town or a city is 'modern' and to live elsewhere, isn't. Quite what's meant by this isn't always clear to me, but away from the urban, life is apparently traditional, a refuge from the hustle and bustle; it's not where innovation is expected to happen, that's for sure.

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Stoneywell

"A warren of twisting stairs and surprising angles" - BBC Antiques Roadshow's Lars Tharp talks about Stoneywell, the National Trust's new acquisition, here in The National Forest.

Read the latest newsletter and find out more about the Trust's plans for opening this unique Arts and Crafts 'adventure house'.

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