A word to the wise
The plants are listening, says Hephzibah Anderson
Please sit down
Take a moment to enjoy your plot, says Hephzibah Anderson
Pick of the bunch
Garden flowers are for posies
The potting shelf
You can grow without a garden
The rule of sixty
Save your shrubs with a slug pub, says Hephzibah Anderson
Training nature
Hephzibah Anderson reveals how RHS Bridgewater illustrates some of the tensions inherent in our newfound appreciation of what remains a highly curated kind of nature
Rites of spring
The roar of the mower is a sign of life, says Hephzibah Anderson
Nature’s design
Gardens start with a pencil and paper says Hephzibah Anderson
Black gold
Compost is the heart of a garden, says Hephzibah Anderson
Trunk routes
Take your time, but do plant a tree, says Hephzibah Anderson
A pimp-led pyramid scheme
OnlyFans’s decision to remove porn creates a Catch-22 for those who are reliant on it
Beating the wrong drum
The dogmatic insistence that unionists are being pushed towards a united Ireland
Grubbing a living
These two books show that it has always been the preserve of the unscrupulous to peddle their wares to the gullible and salacious
Silence the whistleblower
Who benefits when experts on male violence are shown the door?
Do the right thing
Shoots must be places of buzzing biodiversity
The joys and misery of Monica
This is not only an objective biography by a distinguished academic, it is also a warm personal memoir
Quackery via cartography
You better believe the earth is flat
The terrible south
Claudia Savage-Gore crosses town to go the extra mile for Hector
In praise of the fruit of the barley
This is an enthusiastic and fluent guide to the world of beer, with an understanding that what makes it such a joy is to do with how it makes us feel
Feeling testy
Rules are for the rest of you