{"id":4888,"date":"2019-08-17T16:09:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T15:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/?p=4888"},"modified":"2021-02-17T14:22:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T14:22:25","slug":"the-boyband-farmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/the-boyband-farmer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boyband farmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-excerpt\">\n    <p>At the grand age of 32, Jonathan Benjamin Gill \u2013 otherwise known as JB \u2013 is a familiar face to many. The former member of boy band JLS is now an established member of the farming community and presents CBeebies\u2019s Down on the Farm. And now as a presenter of BBC\u2019s Songs of Praise he is increasingly known for his faith. JB talks to Charlotte Walker about how his walk with God has inspired him to look further afield than the boundaries of his own farm\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Like many young superstars craving solace, JB bought his home, set on a 15-acre farm in semi-rural north Kent, as an easy getaway from the craziness of London life in the spotlight. Little did he know that an inherent need to be resourceful would see him begin a new chapter in his life.<br \/>\n\u201cFarming was never in my plans,\u201d says JB. \u201cIt was just something that kind of happened, but it\u2019s a great lifestyle, having two young children and something exciting to share with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>JB seems to have a knack of embarking on a whole new direction jus...<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Continue Reading<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Subscribe to one of our subscription packages<br \/>\nto get digital access to our articles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Unlimited digital access.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"headerbutton1\" href=\"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/subscriptions\/\">Start a Subscription Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Already a subscriber? <a href=\"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/login-member\/\">Login<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the grand age of 32, Jonathan Benjamin Gill \u2013 otherwise known as JB \u2013 is a familiar face to many. The former member of boy band JLS is now an established member of the farming community and presents CBeebies\u2019s Down on the Farm. And now as a presenter of BBC\u2019s Songs of Praise he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-portfolio"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4888"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7535,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4888\/revisions\/7535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}