Purple craze: There’s nothing lovelier than lavender with its heady scent and vivid colour, says Monty Don – and there’s a type to suit every taste Monty Don said lavender colours a mood of gentle refinement and prettiness He said it is long-lasting, ideal for a pot and resistant to almost total neglect Lavender hates … Read more
Early each morning I tiptoe downstairs, trying not to wake the rest of the household, but this stealth is invariably made irrelevant by a short bark from our golden retriever. Roused from a deep sleep, Nigel scrambles to his feet and is fully awake by the time he’s upright. Then he rushes past me to … Read more
A Monty Python fan cheered up his neighbours by encouraging them to echo some of the walks seen in John Cleese’s famous sketch. James Ruffell, 37, decided he would bring some humour to his home village of Sonning, Berkshire, during lockdown. He put up sign which stated: ‘You are now entering the jurisdiction of the … Read more
Right from the beginning, Nigel has been different. It helps that he’s good-looking — beautiful even — but so are lots of dogs. Nigel, however, has that very rare quality of drawing attention to himself as if by osmosis. He takes the light from a room and casts it so that it falls on him … Read more