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Home Charlotte Mendelson

Charlotte Mendelson


‘Have you seen my hair? Nothing pecky with claws flies near me’

‘Have you seen my hair? Nothing pecky with claws flies near me’

Birds had always been something of a mixed blessing for the writer, until a visit to Australia changed her mind

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‘I was lifted, distracted and full of brave ideas at Kew’

‘I was lifted, distracted and full of brave ideas at Kew’

The writer’s mixed memories and envious misgivings vanish in west London’s lush green riverside paradise


‘Spring has sprung – and I’m in a plant panic’

‘Spring has sprung – and I’m in a plant panic’

In the first of her new fortnightly columns, author Charlotte Mendelson gets to grips with the seasonal rush of new growth


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