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Big Fish, Small Ponds - Spaxton and the Prince of Love

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David McKie explores some of Britain's most evocative spots and their local heroes. This idyllic Somerset village was home to the 19th-century Agapemone community. David unearths the curious story of a lost Utopia presided over by a charismatic but deranged clergyman called Prince.