My Buckinghamshire commuter town lauded as the 'Best Place to Live' is soulless, full of tinted

REBECCA NICHOLSON: Beaconsfield is the 'I've made it' postcode… but where is everyone? Say you live in this commuter town at a dinner party and people still do that impressed little nod.


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