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John Smith obituary

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My father, John Smith, who has died aged 86, was an architectural historian and a specialist in church conservation who played a major role in preserving the beauty of the ancient town of Stamford in Lincolnshire.

He served on Stamford Civic Society’s executive committee for more than half a century and led the campaign for the town’s attractive Northfields area to become a conservation area, which it did in 2004.

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September 7, 2026 |

‘It makes your heart sing’: can a pioneering project show that rewilding really works? – podcast

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Intensive farming has all but destroyed England’s ancient woodlands and freshwater wetlands. On a farm in Lincolnshire a radical aristocrat hopes to show there’s money in protecting nature

By Patrick Barkham. Read by Dermot Daly

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September 7, 2026 |