
James Robinson: A fifth-generation farmer on the ups and downs of 'the most glorious job in the world'
Published: September 29, 2025
Duration: 26:18
'It's often the most glorious job in the world,' says James Robinson, a farmer in Cumbria whose family have been working the same piece of land since the 19th century.
The bad days, though, can be bleak, and when 'you're life's work is disappearing before your eyes' there are days when 'you wish you'd never started farming at all,' James tells the Country Life Podcast this week.
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