Robin Page was born in 1943 on the small Cambridgeshire farm where he still lives. He was educated at the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys and, being the second son, he had to seek work away from the farm. After being sacked from the Civil Service for breaking the Official Secrets Acts - he simply published articles in the Spectator correcting the fantasies of some leading politicians - he decided to try to write for a living. He has lived by writing and broadcasting ever since and, following the retirement of his father, he also helps on the family farm. He has a fortnightly 'Country Diary' in the Daily Telegraph and is in great demand at various other national journals and newspapers. He has written over twenty books, including The Decline of an English Village, The Fox and the Orchid , The Wildlife of the Royal Estates, A Peasant's Diary , Gone to the Dogs and Vocal Yokel . He is presenter of the BBC's well-loved One Man and His Dog and he is frequently asked to broadcast on radio and television. In 1993 he founded the Countryside Restoration Trust, which has become one of the fastest growing environmental charities in Britain. He has travelled widely in Africa and is addicted to playing village cricket. He stood for the Referendum Party in the 1997 General Election.
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Ben Goldsmith
Benjamin (Ben) Goldsmith (born 1980) is an English financier and environmentalist . He got his start in business in his late teens when he teamed up with Michael Radomire , a friend from Eton , to seek out clean technologies for his uncle Edward Goldsmith to invest in. He had a particular interest in renewable energy, alternatives to chemicals, clean industrial processes and environmentally sound technologies yet market competitive. Goldsmith has stated that he will not invest in anything that is bad for the environment. Goldsmith is the youngest child of the late billionaire Sir James Goldsmith and Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart . He was raised at Ormeley Lodge, the family home, in Surrey and in France . He received his education at Eton.
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Mark Blomfield
Mark Blomfield has been an independent international businessman for many years and owns companies involved in the sale of executive, commercial and military aircraft and allied spares; residential property and food distribution. Although born in the UK he has spent most of his childhood and adult life abroad which helped form his interest in the world at large and more specifically his love for Africa and it´s people. The increasingly serious consequences of carbon emissions together with the need for the right kind of directed help for the various disadvantaged people in Sub Saharan Africa is the reason for his general financial assistance with some targeted local programmes and his readiness to act as a Trustee for African-Renaissance. He strongly feels that a considerable difference can be made with the correct focus in the creation of local employment and small businesses that can become self sustainable.