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Yorkshire shepherdess Amanda Owen says screens have been her family’s ‘lifeline’

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Karasin, E. (2026, October 19). Yorkshire shepherdess Amanda Owen says screens have been her family’s ‘lifeline’. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/amanda-owen-yorkshire-shepherdess-b1301386.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-19 · by Ekin Karasin

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Amanda Owen, a 52-year-old Yorkshire shepherdess with nine children, asserts that screens have been essential for her family's well-being during the renovation of Anty John’s farmhouse in a Channel 4 documentary series. She emphasizes that while she limits internet access to inside the farmhouse, screens are crucial for her farm's diversification and her business success. Owen balances screen time by providing ample opportunities for outdoor activities and has authored several books inspired by her rural life, including recent titles like "Cosy Bedtime Stories From The Farm."
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Amanda Owen, a 52-year-old Yorkshire shepherdess, says screens have been her family’s "lifeline," rejecting calls for banning them. She stars in Channel 4's documentary series *Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive And Kids*, which follows her and her nine children as they renovate an old farmhouse called Anty John’s into a modern home. Owen emphasizes that screens have enabled their farming business to diversify through media exposure, stating it would be hypocritical to ban screen time given the crucial role technology plays in their livelihood. She allows internet access only inside the farmhouse, maintaining a balance between digital and outdoor activities for her children.

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Amanda Owen says screens have been her family’s “lifeline” and that it would be “incredibly hypocritical” to ban them for her children. The 52-year-old Yorkshire shepherdess stars in the Channel 4 documentary series Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive And Kids, which follows her life in the countryside with her nine children as they renovate a centuries-old derelict farmhouse known as Anty John’s into a modern home.
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🔮 Amanda Owen says screens have been her family’s “lifeline” and that it would be “incredibly hypocritical” to ban them for her children. The 52-year-old Yorkshire shepherdess stars in the Channel 4 documentary series Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive And Kids, which follows her life in the countryside with her nine children as they renovate a centuries-old derelict farmhouse known as Anty John’s into a modern home.

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Yorkshire shepherdess Amanda Owen says screens have been her family’s ‘lifeline’ asserted
screens → say → ?
Amanda Owen says screens have been her family’s “lifeline” and that it would be “incredibly hypocritical” to ban them for her children. The 52-year-old Yorkshire shepherdess stars in the Channel 4 documentary series Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive And Kids, which follows her life in the countryside with her nine children as they renovate a centuries-old derelict farmhouse known as Anty John’s into a modern home. asserted
they → say → home
Owen said the internet can only be accessed inside the farmhouse, giving her the “perfect split”, she told Press Association. asserted
she → say → Association
“It would be incredibly hypocritical to say, ‘Oh, no screen time, screens are death knell of society’, because that would be totally and utterly not what I believe,” she explained. asserted
she → say → what
Owen went on: “Screen is what has been our lifeline. asserted
what → go → ?
It’s what has given us the ability to put ourselves out there and basically to prop the whole business of farming up, which, let’s be honest, is in dire straits. asserted
’s → ’ → straits
She said she feels “blessed” to have the space in the countryside to allow her children to do other things rather than sit watching their screens. asserted
children → say → screens
She said: “We don’t set limits on it, but there’s other things going on. asserted
We → say → it
There’s other things for them to do. asserted
them → ’ → ?
So I’ve never really had to sort of push that one. asserted
I → have → one
The dynamics are always changing. asserted
dynamics → change → ?
Owen said her life changed when she read The Hill Shepherd – A Photographic Essay, by John and Eliza Forder, which documents the lives of fell and hill shepherds in north-west England. asserted
which → say → England
She has since written a number of books including a new children’s volume, Cosy Bedtime Stories From The Farm. asserted
She → write → Farm
It follows last year’s Christmas Tales From The Farm. asserted
It → follow → Farm
She said: “I failed miserably at school. asserted
I → say → school
I was just, sort of, like, coasting. asserted
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Wasn’t anything because nothing inspired me. asserted
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“And it was when I found a book that did inspire me that set me on the path, the trajectory to where I am today. asserted
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“Quite honestly, I never set out to write books. asserted
I → set → books
When someone says the word ‘author’ a little bit of me sort of dies inside because I don’t see myself as that at all. asserted
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“I am just the one who has found their place, found their thing, what they enjoy, what they like doing, what they’re good at, and then from that started to write about it.” asserted
they → find → it
The new series of Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive and Kids is available to watch and stream on More4. asserted
series → watch → More4
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