Cumbrian man's job that is all about conservation
As the distinctive bright yellow eyes stare inquisitively out through the black patches of fur it’s easy to see why Lee Beach has such a fascination for ring-tailed lemurs.
Past & Present
Carlisle-born talent spotted by Ruskin
To illustrate a Country Life article in June 2010, on Tintagel Castle and the Arthurian legend, Richard Lea chose an 1862 painting, The Death Of Arthur, by John Mulcaster Carrick.
THE centre of Cockermouth turns French for a day, giant puppets roam the streets of Penrith and a crazy doctor conjures acrobats and other performers out of thin air in Workington, Egremont and Muncaster.
We may look back on the past decade as a golden age. Tens of millions of pounds poured into Cumbria for big public projects and help for businesses, large and small.
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Young farmers are being priced out of living in the countryside due to a shortage of affordable homes, a coalition of farming and housing has warned. 
