Self-Confessed Drugs Laboratory Amanda Neidpath Wants to Change the Law. She Tells Why

It could be a scene from a photo shoot for Country Life. A log fire crackles in the baronial hall of Beckley Park, Oxfordshire, a grand Tudor house whose ancient walls are hung with tapestries. Large vases cascade with fresh flowers. Outside, there is not one, but three moats.

The lady of the manor, Amanda, Lady Neidpath, is dressed in velvet and tweed, with not a scrap of make-up on her face. Her appearance is arresting, in a shabby-chic manner. Only when she opens her mouth to speak is this deeply traditional scene somewhat shattered.

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