Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
I’LL START this week’s Ramblings with a quote from Karl Marx: “Be careful to trust a person who does not drink wine.” Marx was of course himself a vineyard owner and winemaker. Apparently he was also a bit of a socialist philosopher.
Today we are coming to the end of English Wine Week (June 18-June 26) an ever-growing celebration of the rapidly growing English wine industry.
Before I go any further let’s get round the language. English Wine Week strangely celebrates wine from England, Wales, Scotland and even wine from a vineyard or two in the north of Ireland.
MAT COWARD takes a look at some of the options for keen gardeners as we enter 2026
The summer saw the co-founders of modern communism travelling from Ramsgate to Neuenahr to Scotland in search of good weather, good health and good newspapers in the reading rooms, writes KEITH FLETT
MAT COWARD rises over such semantics to offer step by step, fool-proof cultivating tips



