Martin Brookes Oakham
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Saturday, February 23, 2013
The case against Oakham, Guardian, Dull, It's just the place for beer, beef, bread and birds
The case against Oakham, Guardian, Dull, It's just the place for beer, beef, bread and birds
Let's move to Oakham, Rutland
It's just the place for beer, beef, bread and birds
Tom Dyckhoff
The Guardian
,
Friday 22 February 2013 16.30 GMT
What's going for it?
The time comes in a person's life when one starts to appreciate a place like Oakham. This is not somewhere to waste on twentysomethings or teenagers, who know little of the delights that lie within a historic market town. Boarders at its illustrious private school must be just that: bored. But when you hit 42… Oh, boy! Watch out, Oakham! Just hold us back! This town is manna for the middle-aged, for that time when experience has taught you that life doesn't get better than an artisan-made sourdough loaf from
Hambleton Bakery
. Who needs ketamine?
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