A large number of us have developed a feeling that architects tend to design houses for the approval of fellow architects and critics, not for the tenants.

Organic farming has been shown to provide major benefits for wildlife and the wider environment. The best that can be said about genetically engineered crops is that they will now be monitored to see how much damage they cause.

Why can't we have those curves and arches that express feeling in design? What is wrong with them? Why has everything got to be vertical, straight, unbending, only at right angles - and functional?

The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance.

If English is spoken in heaven. God undoubtedly employs Cranmer as his speechwriter. The angels of the lesser ministries probably use the language of the New English Bible and the Alternative Service Book for internal memos.

Forests are the world's air-conditioning system-the lungs of the planet-and we are on the verge of switching it off.

To get the best results you must talk to your vegetables.