I want to survive the apocalypse – but not if it’s just me and some terrible billionaires
I want to survive the apocalypse – but not if it’s just me and some terrible billionaires
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Since the pandemic, remote properties have been marketed for off-grid living. But a life spent gardening and eating cormorants is not for me, writes Emma Beddington
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