When she’s not running across the Sahara, Celia Hargrave is putting her Cotswolds garden through its paces – creating a year-round spectacle that will open to the public this month

Your editorial (30 July) dismissing the use of checklists for end-of-life care is fundamentally misguided. It reveals a misunderstanding of what checklists are designed to do. You are right that care of the dying is in urgent need of improvement in the UK but you are wrong to suggest that…

Dry some mint, switch to British charcoal and buy a button bush