Allotmenteers Unite To Save Plots

SWCAA - harvest - Ayesha Wilkinson

Michael Wale talks with a West Country allotment organisation that wants to represent Britain nationally.

They came out of the blue on the internet. I was sent an email by the wonderful Julie Sumner, who fought unsuccessfully to save her allotments from Lord Coe and the alleged Green Olympics, who wanted to know if we rated them.

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American Interest In Britain's Allotments

Michael Wale is filmed on his allotment for American television network NBC

Michael Wale finds the re-located Olympic allotmenteers angry, and is visited on his own plot by American television.

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Some British Birds In Danger

Michael Wale talks with an academic who has spent a year and a half identifying which British birds could be endanger in the future.

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Another Attack On Inner City Open Space

This time, it's Michael Wale's very own allotment in East Acton.

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The National Gardens Scheme

Open gardens give Michael Wale the chance to satisfy his curiosity and support good causes.

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Green Therapy In Britain's Jails

Michael Wale finds green fingers in an unlikely place: Wandsworth prison.

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The Allotment At Covent Garden

Michael Wale goes to Covent Garden and meets the public who want Boris to change London.

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Get Your Hands Dirty, Urges David Bellamy

Michael Wale meets David Bellamy and is swept aside by his enthusiasm and a note of controversy.

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The First Real Food Festival

Real Food Festival Debate - Giorgio Locatelli, Rob Lyons, Henrietta Green

Michael Wale liked what he saw and tasted during a visit to the first Real Food Festival.

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Green Issues With Michael Wale

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Michael Wale was a sports presenter on BBC-TV in London and the south east, before returning to radio and writing. He appears regularly on LBC doing a weekly What The Local Papers Say as well as being their rowing correspondent and commentating on the annual Varsity Boat Race.  He was the first rock critic for the Financial Times  and has written several books; the first Voxpop: Profiles of the Pop Process is about the rock industry. Last year his book about allotments View from a Shed was published and he is now working on the story of the organic movement in the UK. He writes regularly for farming and gardening publications as well as Time Out. He lives in London, is married and has a daughter at St Martin's Art school.

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Green Issues With Michael Wale