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Just for a couple of days, they are selling my latest e-book about the lost history of the allotments movement for free on Amazon. Can you...

There is no more conservative nation on earth than the English when it comes to money (the Scots by comparison are real money innovators; re...

Now up on the Spectator books blog: why did Dig for Victory die out so fast? http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/blog/7749073/the-scramble-fo...

The strange revival of the allotments movement in the UK may mark the unexpected revival of a very old, but lost political tradition - the E...

I met Ted Howard earlier in the week, but sadly missed his seminar last night.  On the other hand, and thanks to him, I do now feel geared u...

We have heard so much in the last few weeks of desperate pre-budget lobbying about how another runway at Heathrow would kickstart what they ...

Why have allotments become so trendy? Where did the idea come from that everyone could have a plot of land to grow their own food? Allotme...