18 OCTOBER 1997, page 77

Radio

Grand old men Michael Vestey A autumn gives way to winter and the owls return with their comforting pleas to each other in the thinning trees outside my window, so do old men......

Gardens

Talking trees Ursula Buchan E veryone has their horror story to tell about the gales of 16 October 1987. In our garden, I seem to remember, a branch fell off a plum tree. But......