An Icelandic volcano about which we know little erupts and within days the newspapers are breathlessly reporting shortages of things we can mostly do without. I have got to 45 without a Kenyan sugar snap pea passing my lips.
Rosie Boycott (I suspect a lady with more time and money than most) tells us that our gardens can help when volcanoes and the fragility of international aviation conspire against us. I agree, but would rather not hear it from one of the media elite.
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