Guardian editorial in praise of the dacha.
You know, those second homes in the country that the city dwellers visit for a couple of months a year only, thereby pushing up prices so that locals cannot live in their own villages, creating those “ghost towns” that so disfigure the British rural areas.
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1 Umbongo // Jul 21, 2009 at 4:57 pm
In exercising her social conscience to avoid “disfiguring” rural Britain, Polly – at considerable sacrifice to her convenience – has located her dacha in Tuscany.
2 So Much For Subtlety // Jul 22, 2009 at 1:54 am
Come on, they all have second homes in France and Italy. Polly Toynbee is only the one we hear about.
Of course they are in favour of them.
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