Gardening on air #4: Of Austen and arcadia

April 6, 2010

Did you know the 18th century landscape designer Humphry Repton turns up in Jane Austen’s novel, Mansfield Park? No, I …

Gardening on air #3: Painting with words

February 8, 2010

A little poetry today, written by Andrew Young, a 19th-century Scottish botanist and clergyman who is said to have seen …

January 19, 2010

Quotes from the priceless interview with Michael Caine for the Christmas edition of Desert Island Discs, which I’ve only just …

January 7, 2010

Another little occasional strand for the New Year here: as well as being an avid book-reader, I’m an obsessive Radio …