“All round the country, the same dread words were spoken: ‘we have to do something about the garden’. When I write ‘we’, for once I am not using my words with my customary scrupulous care. Like every other male of my acquaintance, I can happily resist the lure of the urban savannah.’”
More garden lore to come.
Christopher Hirst is a freelance journalist who lives mostly in south London and occasionally in North Yorkshire. In 2005, he was Glenfiddich Food Writer of the Year and runner-up in 2007. He is currently writing a book about the experience of cooking with his wife (aka Mrs W) which is due to be published by Fourth Estate next May.
Lucinda Rogers is an illustrator more commonly known for reportage drawing and specialises in drawing cities, in particular New York and London’s East End where she lives. In July The Independent published her drawings of scenes at the Hop Farm Festival. New east London work will appear in the next issue of Case da Abitare magazine.
Drawings © Lucinda Rogers. Words © Christopher Hirst. Website by With Associates.