Richard Holmes is a professor of biographical studies at the University of East Anglia.

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"I think we just make nice gentle jokes about not being able to see properly, " said Specsavers' marketing director Richard Holmes.

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Richard Holmes, who runs a delicatessen in Wakefield, has devised a cheese with a rhubarb ingredient and sold all of his first batch in six days.

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