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In the course of the past year the National Trust has completely buggered up Shugborough. This is typical of the mayhem they have wrought. They have taken a beautiful period room and filled it with packing cases, because before cardboard boxes things were shipped in packing cases. Look, we know that. These are not even antique packing cases. They are modern reproduction packing cases, good only for kindling. Then there’s the idea of putting Patrick Lichfield’s photographic equipment in front…

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