As Hollywood royalty Beyoncé and Jay-Z are reportedly in the final stages of securing a 58-acre plot in the Cotswolds, will they become the newest neo-rurals to decamp to the Cotswolds in pursuit of the bucolic dream? It already wall to wall celebrities such as Kate Moss, The Beckhams, Taylor Swift — who rented a cottage in the Cotswolds over the summer — zipping around the country lanes in their 4 x 4s, and then wondering why the yoga classes are held in the village hall. Eeeew!
Along with the DFL (Down from London-ers) and other townies like me — I lived in the Cotswolds for several years — unless you work hard to blend in with the locals and get used to eating a mouthful of dog hair with your pork pie in the village pub, you will never understand the peculiar thing that is English Country Life. Here’s how to fit in.
