The world’s first tweeting garden

The world’s first tweeting garden

I met two ingenious guys at the Chelsea Flower Show, the Harfleet brothers, Paul and Tom, who introduced social media into a garden theme in collaboration with the University of Lincoln – winning a coveted gold medal too – by designing the world’s...
New ryegrass can help prevent flooding

New ryegrass can help prevent flooding

Congratulations to researchers at Aberystwyth University who have developed a new ryegrass species which could help reduce the impact of flooding through its roots system. The hybrid can capture more water in soils than is possible with current agricultural grasses....
Angelina Jolie’s double mastectomy

Angelina Jolie’s double mastectomy

I am stunned to learn that the beautiful actress Angelina Jolie has had a double mastectomy because she was at risk of developing breast cancer as she she carries the gene BRCA1 associated with this. Her mother had died of cancer at the age of 56. Angelina broke the...
Wendy Cope’s poem for the Poets House, Ely

Wendy Cope’s poem for the Poets House, Ely

I joined Ely’s beautiful people yesterday for the opening of Ely’s first boutique hotel called Poets House – complete with copper baths in the bedroom – and sipped my champagne with a local bishop, our MP, my dashing potato farmer friend, a few...