Gardening
Jotting and plotting
Real gardeners need to keep a journal
A thoughtful old-fashioned rambler
George Orwell’s gardening prowess comes as a surprise
Double dutch
Latin nomenclature can be useful
The heat is on
We need to rethink our use of water
The allotment plot
How to guard your precious crops against thieves
Earthly pleasures
The thrill of digging up — and eating — the first new potatoes of the year
Weeds in the garden
A brilliant new work walks the thorny path of motherhood
Best muckers
The tensions of sharing a plot
Labour of love
Spring is an essential time in wine production
Personal growth
Green fingers are not always innate, they can be acquired
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Down the primrose WPATH
Responsible medical authorities must reject the dangerous nonsense of gender-affirming care
Keep your shirt on
Don your white shirt with a flash of scarlet à la the fashion bitches
Devolution has been a disaster
SNP incompetence is a feature of the system and not a bug
The Foreign Office should be rooted in the past
Who and what is it for, if not the British people, and our history and culture?
The government is failing Northern Ireland
Its reputation will be stained forever by the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework
Criminal damage remains criminal
A new judgment has challenged a convoluted legal defence of property damage
Death of the model railway?
Not so fast — this is one railway network Beeching can’t cut, and its built of life long fascination
Davie, Davie, give us some answers do
Why the BBC keeps obscuring the truth of sex and gender
