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Alan Titchmarsh

Autore di How to Be a Gardener: Back to Basics

135+ opere 2,491 membri 34 recensioni 4 preferito

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Originally trained at the Hertfordshire College of Horticulture and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Alan Titchmarsh has enjoyed a long career as a gardener, broadcaster and writer. He is the author of over 30 books about gardening, including Gardeners' World Complete Book of Gardening and How to be mostra altro a Gardener Books One and Two. Alan has twice been named Gardening Writer of the Year, writes a regular column for Gardeners' World Magazine and is also a best-selling novelist. As the presenter of programmes such as Gardeners' World and Ground Force, Alan has done much to contribute to the recent surge in popularity that gardening has enjoyed and was appointed MBE in the 2000 New Year Honours List, for services to horticulture and to broadcasting mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Alan Titchmarsh at a Border's book signing By Phil Guest http://www.flickr.com/photos/philip-rosie (cropped by Heligoland) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Serie

Opere di Alan Titchmarsh

Rosie (2004) 126 copie
The Last Lighthouse Keeper (1999) 117 copie
Only Dad (2001) 113 copie
Trowel and Error (2002) 107 copie
Animal Instincts (2000) 88 copie
Love and Dr. Devon (2006) 85 copie
Mr. MacGregor (1998) 83 copie
The Haunting (2011) 55 copie
The Gardener's Year (2006) 51 copie
The Royal Gardeners (2003) 50 copie
Folly (2008) 46 copie
Bring Me Home (2014) 40 copie
Mr Gandy's Grand Tour (2016) 39 copie
The Queen's Houses (2014) 39 copie
Tecniche di giardinaggio (1981) 31 copie
The New Supergardener (1993) 28 copie
England, Our England (2007) 25 copie
Knave of Spades (2009) 19 copie
How to Be a Supergardener (1983) 19 copie
My Secret Garden (2012) 17 copie
The Scarlet Nightingale (2018) 16 copie
The English River (1993) 13 copie
Tales from Titchmarsh (2011) 10 copie
AVANT GARDENING (1984) 8 copie
Growing and Using Herbs (1986) 7 copie
HOW TO GARDEN (2010) 6 copie
All About House Plants (1998) 4 copie
The Gardener's Almanac (2023) 4 copie
Pests and problems (2011) 4 copie
The gardener's logbook (1985) 3 copie
Pest-free plants (1983) 3 copie
Gardening Under Cover (1979) 2 copie
Sweet Inspiration (1994) 1 copia
Creating Garden Pools (1986) 1 copia
Bulbs for every season (1986) 1 copia
Nurmikoista patioihin (2010) 1 copia
Best of Alan Titchmarsh (2007) 1 copia
The Complete Gardener (2001) 1 copia

Opere correlate

1001 gardens you must see before you die (1994) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni161 copie
The Concise Encyclopedia of Garden Plants (1983) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni30 copie
Time Trails: Pathways Through the Past (2000) — Introduzione — 8 copie
Who Was Betty?: A Whimsical Collection of Tall Stories (2011) — Collaboratore — 6 copie

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indeedox | 6 altre recensioni | Jun 4, 2023 |
Some really nice extracts from good books but too much of A T s own writings for me personally....
 
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SarahKDunsbee | Aug 2, 2021 |
"Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice." E.M.Forster

Timothy Gandy has had a successful career but his personal life is moribund, estranged from two of his three children and living with a a wife with whom he has no common interests. Initially he stayed with her for the sake of the children but when they flew the coop out of fear of hurting her. At the age of 55 the company that Timothy has worked for virtually all his adult life is taken over by a larger conglomerate and rather than face a differing role within a bigger firm instead opts for early retirement. Uncertain as to how he will fill his time he is suddenly left a widower when his wife dies of a massive heart attack whilst playing tennis. After the shock of Isobel's death comes the realisation that he can now do whatever he liked.

Inspired by tales of travellers a century before and encouraged by his favourite daughter, Rosie, and her partner, Ace, he decides to embark on a Grand Tour taking a leisurely trip around the cultural sights of western Europe. His son Oliver is against Timothy's plans whereas his other daughter Alice seems indifferent.

Rosie is Timothy's youngest and favourite child so there are shades of Shakespeare's King Lear here. Similarly Timothy sets off with an ancient copy of Baedeker in hand in much the same way as Michael Portillo does in his various railway television series. His first stop is Paris where he falls in love with a younger woman, before moving on to Monaco, Florence and Rome taking in the cultural sights and generally indulging himself.

This is a fairly gentle tale with little action and no violence involving a middle aged man who discovers that it is never too late to have a little adventure. Timothy is well meaning if a little naive and is generally well drawn even if at times I wanted to shout at him not to be so soft and to man up. There isn't a particularly strong plot and I personally found the ending a touch frustrating as Timothy has seemed to settle back into a life of comfort and conformity rather than doing anything more exciting but if you are looking for something that is not too taxing for either the beach or pool, or for a long train/plane journey then you could do worse.
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PilgrimJess | 6 altre recensioni | Aug 23, 2019 |
In his fifties, Timothy Gandy, suddenly finds himself out of a job. After forty years of a marriage that had become less than satisfying, he suddenly finds himself a widower. He decides to have an adventure, and to travel, something his wife had not liked to do, and spend some of his money on a Grand Tour of Italy. The father of three grown children, closest to his youngest daughter, he is little surprised when his son and grasping wife object to his spending, what they see as their inheritance, in such a so called selfish fashion.

We travel with him as he sets out to see the leading cities of Italy, seeing all the things he feels he should. From the beginning, starting in Paris, he finds more than he bargained for, much to his surprise. In Monaco, he makes two very good friends, and has an amusing encounter, and as he continues on he finds out more than he expected.

This is just a nice story, and one it is a pleasure to read. Life's disappointments snd life's surprises abound. The writing is clear, concise and Timothy is at times naive and at times insightful. It was fun traveling with him, seeing the things he sees, the places he stays and the food he eats. The best kind of armchsir travel, complete with a man who decided he wasn't to old to have an adventure, nor to learn some vslusble lessons about life, and his family.
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Beamis12 | 6 altre recensioni | Jul 27, 2018 |

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