Tales from Titchmarsh

s a writer, it ill behoves me to take a stand against the use of words. On the page they are expected, even enjoyed (one hopes). The same is true of broadcasts on radio and television – words are my currency. But words in a garden? They are almost as irritating as those all-too-frequent announcements on the train, which they were meant to be reducing, but so far show no signs of doing so. And therein lies the offensive word itself: ‘Signs’.