Thomas Mogford

Was thrilled to hear that a garden at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show wanted to include a copy of The Plant Hunter as part of its exhibit. Even more thrilled to be able to go along and observe people’s reactions to it! The Doorstep Library Garden was created in honour of Doorstep Library, an amazing charity […]

Here’s a new interview in which I talk about the Spike books and The Plant Hunter… your cup runneth over!        

Perhaps it stems from having more time on one’s hands, or from a desire to look back to more certain and carefree days, but lately I’ve found my thoughts drifting back to my years as a Modern Languages undergraduate. More specifically, to my second year – a fabulously easygoing time for any linguist. The dreaded […]

A while back I posted an article from the Bucks Free Press which quoted an account I’d written about going to find my great uncle’s grave in Bangladesh. Here it is (below), but in summary — My great uncle Lewis died in WW2 in the Far East, and my grandfather (his younger brother) had long […]