DOMINIC SANDBROOK: If police grovel when eco vandals tear up historic lawn, why have faith in them?
As millions of us know, no relationship is more heartfelt than that between an Englishman and his lawn. ‘Nothing is more pleasant to the eye,’ wrote Francis Bacon in 1625, ‘than green grass kept finely shorn.’ A well-kept garden, Bacon explained, was the ‘greatest refreshment to the spirit of man’ that could possibly be imagined. … Read more