Paperback. Cream cover with black title.

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Review: I have been looking for this book for ages and finally found one for sale through an online Oxfam book store. I was pleased with the price as I’ve seen it for sale up to about £120! It was described as ‘good’ condition by the seller but I have to say it could have been described as ‘very good’. The book arrived in waterproof packaging which is a bonus as out post sometimes gets leaned up against the front door which means some books can end up a bit woeful looking if it rains.

I have seen reviews that say that The Revolting Garden is wickedly funny so I was a little disappointed that I didn’t find it that funny. However, the humour has grown on me as I’ve read the book! Would love to find some old Private Eyes now and read more of Germaine Greer’s Rose Blight column.

The book centres round the trials and tribulations of gardening in London and it is quite dated but it was published in the late 1970s!

NOTE: This is an original  book from the library gathered by the famous Cambridge Don, computer scientist, food and wine connoisseur, Jack Arnold LANG. Note: Jack founded the Michelin Guide ‘Midsummer House’- Cambridge’s paramount restaurant. This dining experience is hidden amongst the grassy pastures and grazing cattle of Midsummer Common and perched on the banks of the River Cam. The Midsummer House experience is imaginatively curated to delight and amaze, so the surprise set menu changes regularly and is ‘Midsummer’s’ playground to showcase.

In 2008, Jack was one of the co-founders of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, alongside other members of the Department, and acted as the Foundation’s Chair. The project’s original goals were modest: to build and distribute low-cost computers for prospective applicants to our Computer Science degree. Initially the project was a “success disaster”, as Jack would say, as demand far outstripped the low-scale manufacturing plans. Ultimately the Raspberry Pi became the UK’s most successful computer with more than 60 million sold to date. Jack was drawn to the educational possibilities of the Raspberry Pi, its potential uses in emerging economies and the way it could support self-directed learning.