'I've seen a lot of change — but not as much as my grandmother. She lived through horsepower to seeing a man on the moon.'
Lucy Baring reports back from her mother's 90th birthday party, but not before negotiating a phone shop with no phone signal.
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Lucy Baring on the joy of a lost passport: 'I'll stay at home, enjoy the sweet peas in full throttle, read a thriller, drink cold wine and watch films that nobody else likes'
Lucy Baring loses her passport and finds a very different kind of holiday.
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'Hang on — was I just charged 64 quid for some salad, six chicken strips and a quiche the size of a doorknob?'
Lucy Baring heads in to London and feels the cost of inflation.
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'Grumpy, stubborn, maddening, a one-off... but sweet, unusual, loyal and full of love. Above all else, he was our odd dog'
Lucy Baring says goodbye to a much-loved and missed four-legged family member.
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Spectator: All at sea
Lucy Baring longs to be back ashore.
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Spectator: Have rod, will travel
Lucy Baring doesn’t have fish fever.
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Spectator: Absolute power
Don't give Lucy Baring a clipboard.
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Spectator: Expect the unexpected
How can you spend just one day getting ready for India, wonders Lucy Baring.
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Spectator: Give us this day
Why do all supper guests bring bread, wonders Lucy Baring.
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Spectator: Civil obedience
Lucy Baring does as she's told.
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Spectator: Alas, poor Percy
Lucy Baring mourns the family cat.
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Spectator: A case of wheel envy…
Lucy Baring acquires a new suitcase.
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Spectator: When the red, red robin...
Why robins, asks Lucy Baring.
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Spectator: If you go down to the woods today…
Lucy Baring always seems to miss seeing wildlife.
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Spectator: A case of mistaken identity
Lucy Baring almost loses Fletcher.
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Spectator: Big ideas for small farmers
Lucy Baring clues up on big farming ideas for small farmers.
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Spectator: Don’t tell me what to do
Don’t get bossy with Lucy Baring.
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Spectator: Dead, dead, dead
Lucy Baring doesn’t have green fingers.
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Spectator: A slippery slope to pleasure
Skiing holds no appeal for Lucy Baring.
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Spectator: Birds of a feather
Lucy Baring can't count on chickens.
