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Tales from Titchmarsh

wondrous gift is given’. The words of Christmas carols have a special place in the hearts of most of us, and this line from is especially poignant in a world where silence is the rarest commodity of all. You can buy a house surrounded by an estate of several hundred acres for gazillions of pounds, but the chances are that in spite of your extravagant outlay, silence is not included in the price. There will be the distant

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