Hacks and experiments with cultural heritage content, from James Morley
The Independant ran a fascinating article on Sunday: Grow-your-own Viagra craze hits Britains garden centres Thankfully I’m not one to need to follow their advice (too much info?!), but this has to be one of the best botanical news stories I’ve read for ages. It’s always nice to see the Read more …
The Daily Mail is today reporting “Attack of the super weed hits Olympics” and suggesting that clearing 10 acres of this pesky little plant could cost £70 million. They go on to say: Surveyors have discovered that the aggressive weed has taken over 10 acres of the proposed sites for Read more …
I hesitate to post this, seeing as the subject of global warming is clearly a serious one, but if nothing else it shows how the politicians and headline writers grab hold of things and twist them to their own ends. In fact I have just remembered that I posted something Read more …
Well, I knew the answer to that one as posed on the BBC website, but I confess I’d never heard of the Lincolnshire Rhubarb Triangle. Any Bermuda connections? Or do you think they’re just trying to trade off the name?
5523 You’d have thought that a foray into Latin would mean I was about to say something profound, but in contrast Multum in Parvo, or “much in a small space”, is actually the name of the old lawnmower shown in the picture! It was made by Green’s in the late Read more …
I was lucky enough to be walking past the Palm House just as the sun was setting. One of those moments if I hadn’t had the camera I would have cried! See more pictures of Kew…