After Titchmarsh, we must recork the skinny jeans genie
Censor those trousers! How Alan Titchmarsh’s legs became TV editors’ latest target
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North Korean TV censors BBC presenter's jeans to hide ‘symbol of US imperialism’ – video
Alan Titchmarsh’s jeans blurred by North Korean TV censors
September 2023
Pass notes
Silent Sundays: should we swap our lawnmowers, leaf blowers and power tools for peace?
The gardener and broadcaster is calling for a bit of hush so he can go into his garden at least once a week and listen to a blackbird rather than a Black & Decker
July 2023
How has rewilding become such a prickly issue?
Don’t be scared of rewilding, Monty Don and Alan Titchmarsh: it’s a garden revelation
Isabella Tree
December 2022
Honest playlist
Alan Titchmarsh’s honest playlist: ‘Feeling road rage? Put on Nancy Sinatra in the car’
The TV horticulturist was a Beatles early adopter who would conceal his classical purchases, but what song does he recommend to quell road rage?
April 2022
Cruise v Titchmarsh: a right royal smackdown at the Queen’s platinum jubilee
Eyebrows have been raised with the announcement that the Tom Cruise will host part of the celebration – but can anything see off the Gardeners’ World heavyweight?
January 2022
Alan Titchmarsh says he avoids avocados because of climate impact
TV gardener points to shipping footprint and rainforest destruction, saying he also finds the fruit ‘insipid’
October 2019
Pass notes
Would you take fashion tips from Alan Titchmarsh?
The TV gardener has become the face of ‘horti-couture’, as Adidas launches footwear inspired by lawn-based activities
May 2017
Brief letters
Get kids telling stories to speak truth to power
Brief letters: Oral skills in schools | The Trial and The Law Machine | Alan Titchmarsh’s gravitas | Loose canon | Grannies
March 2017
Notebook
Decking seemed a great idea in the 90s. But so did Tony Blair
Patrick Barkham
Alan Titchmarsh regrets his role in popularising the wooden abominations – graves for generations of garden animals. But in decay there is an upside
August 2016
Gardening isn’t about life – it’s about death. And that’s why I love it
Peter Ormerod
I used to sneer at the green-fingered and think Alan Titchmarsh a devil in wellies. But this bank holiday I’ll be in my garden killing stuff, and feeling totally alive
February 2016
Watch television with …
Alan Titchmarsh’s favourite TV
The gardener, novelist and DJ on Endeavour, Frasier and Bill And Ben
December 2014
Sorry, Carla, but nobody cares if you’re a ‘bastard’
Barbara Ellen
Barbara Ellen: The world has moved on, thankfully, since the days when children born to unmarried parents spent their lives feeling inferior
September 2014
Alan Titchmarsh to make West End debut in The Wind in the Willows
The presenter will be the narrator for the Royal Opera House’s Christmas production of the classic children’s tale
July 2014
How we made a garden of edible delights: monoculture to permaculture
Maddy Harland on growing an extraordinary range of food when a field of poor soil was transformed into a permaculture paradise
May 2014
Chelsea flower show: welcome back Alan Titchmarsh, goodbye gnomes
Alan Titchmarsh: getting the chop from Chelsea flower show hurt
