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JUST LIKE A SUPERMODEL, this goat from Derbyshire struck a knowing pose and held it. Kevin, who spends most of his time shooting fashion models, was grateful, as he liked goats. “You never think of there being such a thing as a goat farm,” he mused, as this handsome Saanen-breed billy cocked his head. I supposed he was right, although the popularity of goat’s milk and cheese means Britain now has more goat farms than ever before. My favourite goat-characteristic is their apparent willingness to eat anything. An uncle who used to keep one on his farm, once took it to his village church for a harvest festival, and it tucked into some unguarded hymn books. When the local paper came to the farm to do a story about him, he ate the journalist’s notebook. I think farming folk develop a tolerance for this kind of chaos – but so do fashion photographers, apparently. On a bad day, says Kevin, supermodels can be just as troublesome as goats•