Gardening to help the food budget
We're all watching the price of food rise on a week to week basis, but hopefully the weather will improve enough to eat salad regularly. Here are some other growing…
Gardening for health and wellbeing
AFTER Dave Middleton’s amusing article on Growing Concrete, I think there is probably space for a more serious Gardeners Corner, so I will attempt to share my experiences in the…
The NHS under threat
THE current Health and Care Bill represents a grave threat to the NHS and the health of the nation. Presently at committee stage it has the potential to take the…
The fridge that would not die
Nostalgia First some personal nostalgia: In 1960 my parents moved into a new house, it had a larder in the kitchen, but my mum decided she needed a fridge, and…
Floods, climate change and Tory denials
This coming Sunday (October 31st) sees the start of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. Hosted by the UK we can expect to hear fine speeches promising to…