ENJOYING THE GOOD LIFE AT THEIR DEVON FARM, ‘STRICTLY’ STARS JIMI MISTRY AND FLAVIA CACACE-MISTRY ON HOW THE GREAT OUTDOORS IS THE ‘BEST THERAPY’ AND WHY THEY’VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER SINCE LEAVING THE CITY
Aug 23, 2021
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INTERVIEW: TRACY SCHAVERIEN
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‘It was like the dream that you sort of want but haven’t got the courage to try’ Flavia
Surrounded by chickens, sheep and acres of rolling green fields, Flavia Cacace-Mistry and husband Jimi Mistry couldn’t feel further away from the sequins and sparkles of Strictly Come Dancing , the show where they first met and fell in love.
Since swapping suburbia for a smallholding in the Devon countryside seven months ago, their new routine is rather more like The Good Life , the hit 1970s comedy that followed the adventures of a couple striving to be self-sufficient – and which is making a comeback as a touring stage play this autumn.
Each morning, they are woken by a dawn chorus of birds, then head outside
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