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Aldbury in Hertfordshire is a small village renowned for its duck pond, quaint local pubs and proximity to the well-known fighting town of Berkhamsted.

However, following the appointment of long-time Aldbury resident Tess Alps as the chief executive of the TV marketing body Thinkbox, the sleepy little town has become the media epicentre of the UK. Just down the street from Alps lives Robert Ray, the marketing director of the regional papers' Newspaper Society, meaning the heads of two of the biggest media industries now live in this two-horse outpost. ...

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