Monty Don’s incredible garden is under threat as flood waters surround his country estate. Don said his home is ‘completely surrounded’ by water after the nearby River Arrow burst its banks. A third of the television host’s immaculate gardens, where he films Gardeners’ World, is now submerged as well as huge sections of the surrounding … Read more
The way that I have designed my garden is, as a friend of mine only half-jokingly described it, ‘like a series of allotments’. It means there are a number of different areas, all quite separate and usually hidden from the rest. I make no apologies for this and enjoy the surprises and sense of enclosure … Read more
Back in January 2002 I found myself, for the first time in 12 years, with no television project lined up for the year ahead. So I set out to write what I thought would be my definitive work on organic gardening. The book, which until a month before publication had the working title of Completely … Read more
KIIS FM host Kate ‘Monty’ Dimond and her husband, radio producer Sam Cavanagh, have welcomed their third child, a boy named Otis. She broke the news on the 3pm Pick-Up on Tuesday, just before leaving the hospital with her newborn. ‘[Labour] was about four and a half hours,’ the 39-year-old told her co-hosts Yumi Stynes … Read more
Commercial cut roses are loaded with romantic good intentions, but they lack the charm of almost any rose growing in the ground. However, much as I adore my roses in their full summer display in the garden, I also love going out early on a June morning, when the dew is still fresh, and cutting … Read more
There’s a small group of shrubs that have evolved to flower now, in the depths of winter, so as to catch the attentions of the very few insects that are out and about. The pollinator pond may be tiny right now but these plants are the biggest fish in it. None is better than winter … Read more
At this time of year I start the slow and steady process of pruning all my roses. I do it in bite-sized chunks, and it always takes me a couple of weeks to get round all of our 150-odd shrub rose bushes. I like doing it, but I like pruning some more than others. This … Read more
Linda Lusardi has admitted beating COVID-19 and working to keep fit afterwards has given her a new lease of life. The former page 3 model, 62, battled the coronavirus last year, spending 10 days in hospital ‘at death’s door’. She took on the challenge of skating in The Real Full Monty On Ice before Christmas, … Read more
Monty Python’s hit Broadway musical Spamalot is now being made into a movie from a script by Python troupe legend Eric Idle By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 02:48 GMT, 8 January 2021 | Updated: 02:48 GMT, 8 January 2021 The hit Broadway musical — Monty Python’s Spamalot — is being made into a feature … Read more
Tom Parker had admitted it was ‘tough’ for him to watch The Real Full Monty On Ice on Tuesday night, amid his terminal brain tumour battle. The Wanted singer, 32, took part in the show two years ago and described how he felt watching it as a viewer while ‘fighting for my own life for … Read more