Why the super-rich are leaving the city

The serious money is upping sticks to move to the sticks.

Alongside supercars and mega-yachts, it seems good old British farmland is the latest must-have accessory for Britain's super-rich. The Sunday Times reports that James Dyson, inventor of the eponymous vacuum cleaner, spent £150m on thousands of acres of farmland across Lincolnshire.

In doing so, he joins the ranks of fellow super-rich farm-owners, such as Stefan Persson, the Swedish founder of the H&M fashion chain, film director Guy Ritchie and Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich.

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