Garden designers Paul Martin and Diarmuid Gavin made sure the Irish were again among the medals at Britain’s leading flower show, but with very different contributions

Michael Lowry indicates he has does not expect to be interviewed by the bureau

There are gifts across the price range for your favourite horticulturalists

Dr Michael Smurfit has written his autobiography, A Life Worth Living. The book tells how a man from modest beginnings left school at 15 and became an international business titan. The Smurfit story is more than just business, however. It is a story of politics, sport and above all family .

This summer’s sunny days have been kind to the roses, and it is a vintage year for this colourful and scented bush