The Grass Is Greener by Tom Fort

4. It's a Victorian Thing

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 9^th May 2024, 08:30 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Fri 10^th May 2024, 03:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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he balance of lawn power in Victoria's reign shifts to property-owning middle classes, as the mower evolve

Tom Fort charts our obsession with the garden lawn.

Read by Jeff Rawle.

The Grass is Greener: An Anglo-Saxon Passion is written by Tom Fort.

Abridged by Andrew Simpson.

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001. Show less