Gardening
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
Gardening is racist
Uprooting hate in the garden, fighting balance at the BBC and cancelling a racist ambassador
Tom Tugendhat’s empty rhetoric
What is the government supposed to do with Tom’s “rage”?
The forgotten Mr Fox
Richard Negus says the cruel sentimentality of the Hunting Act scars the countryside to this day, but the biggest loser is the animal it purported to protect
Memorials to the fallen of Covid
An act of quasi-guerrilla commemoration
The dram team
Glenturret is a single malt of rare quality and maturity and with the hue of polished mahogany
Major Lapse
How can a man who leaves state secrets at the bus stop keep his job?
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
The G&S divide
A large proportion of the English drive themselves mad with a baroque cocktail of fury, snobbery and self-hatred over Gilbert and Sullivan
Can Davies save the Doctor?
A journey back in time might be the only thing that can revive Doctor Who
The parent trap
Are social workers targeting mothers who serve frozen meals?
Scheherazade scoops the pot
Women now dominate the literary landscape