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Interviews

Spirit Keeper of the Sacred Feminine

BY ALEXIA JAMES An Interview with Deborah Stanley This week CSM’s Alexia James ventured onto Dartmoor to meet Deborah Stanley, a Quantum Feminine Embodiment Guide, Womb Medicine Woman and Spirit Keeper of the Sacred Feminine. Deborah shared her radical perspective on the womb not merely as an organ, but as the epicentre of personal power and political liberation. She argues that reclaiming feminine cycles and … Continue reading Spirit Keeper of the Sacred Feminine

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Art, Interviews

Strawberries to Canvases

Last month the Editor enjoyed a coffee with Lisa Pingale, founder of Monalisa Kalagram in Koregaon Park, Pune, India. The Monalisa Kalagram is an art centre/gallery that aims to promote art and create a community of artists, painters, poets, writers, creative thinkers. Here is the interview, below: Editor: Lisa, thank you for speaking with Country Squire Magazine. Monalisa Kalagram is described as an ‘oasis’ in Koregaon Park. … Continue reading Strawberries to Canvases

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Gravel, Grit, and Glory: The Maddy Nutt Interview

Gravel Racing is a rapidly growing discipline in cycling that blends elements of road racing, mountain biking, and endurance riding. It takes place on unpaved roads—typically gravel, dirt, fire trails, or mixed-terrain routes—and has become popular for its adventurous, inclusive, and challenging nature. Races are held on a mix of surfaces—gravel roads, forest tracks, farm lanes, and even rough singletrack. Courses can range from smooth … Continue reading Gravel, Grit, and Glory: The Maddy Nutt Interview

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Blood, Aristocracy, and Lies: The Hunt for Lord Lucan

CSM INTERVIEWS On 7th November 1974 the body of a children’s nanny, Sandra Rivett, was discovered in a mail sack in the basement of a Belgravia townhouse. The chief suspect was the father of the children, an Eton-educated gambler called Richard John Bingham, the seventh earl of Lucan, ‘Lord Lucan’ – who had disappeared. It started a decades-long manhunt amidst varying rumours of what happened … Continue reading Blood, Aristocracy, and Lies: The Hunt for Lord Lucan

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Bernie Banged Up

A Cautionary Tale of Free Speech and Misinformation Bernadette ‘Bernie’ Spofforth, the highly successful businesswoman, was among the first to use X (formerly Twitter) to falsely identify the suspect in the tragic killing of three girls outside a Taylor Swift dance class as a Muslim asylum seeker who had recently arrived in the UK by boat. As a result, Bernie was arrested and held in … Continue reading Bernie Banged Up

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environment, Interviews

Amazon Greened

British farmers are fed up to the back teeth of forever getting it in the neck from armchair townie luvvies of the shrill Packham and Monbiot variety who bang on about the desperate need for overnight Net Zero and other policies with unintended consequences, claiming that British farms are massive polluters. They try to force rewilding on the UK which will achieve nothing for global … Continue reading Amazon Greened

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Features, Interviews

King in the Philippines (Revisited)

Former Torbay Councillor, Mark King, fled the U.K in October 2018, claiming his life was in danger. He was facing multiple charges of misconduct in respect of his Council duties and we later discovered Devon & Cornwall Police wanted to interview him regarding an assault charge. Country Squire Magazine interviewed him in early 2019 and today, our colleague Marie, based in South East Asia, caught … Continue reading King in the Philippines (Revisited)

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Farming, Interviews

The Gareth Wyn Jones Interview

Gareth Wyn Jones is the nation’s favourite farmer. Born in the beautiful Carneddau mountains in North Wales, he has lived all his life at Ty’n Llwyfan, the windswept slopes where his family have farmed for 350 years. Today he lives there with his wife and three kids. Gareth’s YouTube videos are well known – he has 2.1 million followers on the channel. This year Gareth … Continue reading The Gareth Wyn Jones Interview

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Farming, Interviews

Flavian Obiero – Hampshire’s Kenyan Pig Farmer

Flavian, originally from Kenya, stumbled into the world of farming serendipitously. Upon relocating to the UK at the age of 15 from his childhood in Kenya, he initially aimed to pursue a degree in veterinary medicine at university. However, falling short of the required grades, he decided to take a gap year to bolster his qualifications. During this time, he engaged in work experience within … Continue reading Flavian Obiero – Hampshire’s Kenyan Pig Farmer

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Dr Tingles & Her Tingly Tinglers

This week the Squires were honoured to be invited to the Tingler factory where they interviewed Tingler Chairmanwoman and CEO and Marketing Director and PR Opagandist, the notorious inventor Doctor Rosa Tingles. They asked Dr Tingles about the buzz around her Tingler enterprises and how she came to be involved in casting a shadow of so much joy and happiness over the good people of … Continue reading Dr Tingles & Her Tingly Tinglers

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Proctor’s Crucible

BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN It’s earlyish in the morning of a sunny September Tuesday. I’m at resplendent Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire, sipping coffee in the public tea room of the castle, a room once used by the castle steward to host his guests. Today, different staff – guides, maintenance and security staff  – run hither and thither preparing for yet another influx of tourists. The Duke of … Continue reading Proctor’s Crucible

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Books, Interviews

Gates of Hell?

BY JAMIE FOSTER In this powerful and hard-hitting analysis, Daniel Jupp examines the enormous personal power and political influence of one of the world’s richest men. The Gates of Hell covers everything from the childhood influences that shaped Bill Gates to the Microsoft years and his current incarnation as the most powerful philanthropist on the planet. Jupp traces just how vast and unaccountable the influence … Continue reading Gates of Hell?

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Who Is John Nash?

BY EDDIE ROBERTS “When I was born, the angels rained tiny bells upon the roof – they were actually shell cases falling from the guns of WW2 fighters in the Kent skies high above.  After the war, my family moved from the devastation of Gravesend on the Thames to the relatively untouched peace of West Cornwall.” The Cartoonist John Nash is one sharp cookie. (Not to be confused with his … Continue reading Who Is John Nash?

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Andromono: The Gary McGhee Interview

The Squires interview one of our popular guest writers and contributors, author Gary C. McGhee, about his debut Sci-Fi novel ANDROMONO. What’s your background as a writer? I have had short stories published and won a literary Prize. I also wrote a novel which was well-received, but I decided to learn how to write screenplays for TV and Film as my natural writing style is … Continue reading Andromono: The Gary McGhee Interview

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India, Interviews

The MD Nalapat Interview

Madhav Das Nalapat (born 1950) aka M D Nalapat is India’s first Professor of Geopolitics and the UNESCO Peace Chair at Manipal University, where he is Vice-Chair of Manipal Advanced Research Group and Director of the Department of Geopolitics & International Relations. A journalist and a former Editor of The Times of India and of Mathrubhumi, he is currently the Editorial Director of ITV Network … Continue reading The MD Nalapat Interview

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Interview from Coronavirus China

The Editor of Country Squire Magazine interviews a German business colleague, Jürgen, who is stuck in his apartment in Shenzen in mainland China. While Jürgen is allowed out, he lives in fear of high-handed Chinese police officers and someone in his building getting Coronavirus. Jürgen is a made-up name – there have been police crackdowns on those in China telling the truth about the situation … Continue reading Interview from Coronavirus China

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Books, Interviews

On the Green Hill of Tara

Robert Adam’s new novel ‘On the Green Hill of Tara’ explores the beginning of Ireland’s formal relationship with the EEC. The backdrop to Ireland’s final accession application on 30 June 1970 was the second year of the Northern Ireland Troubles and in May of that year, the ‘Dublin Arms Crisis.’ This was the political scandal when members of Jack Lynch’s cabinet, no less, were caught … Continue reading On the Green Hill of Tara

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