'DIG IT!' Gardening Tips, Basel Culture Round-Up

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24 March, 2015

Hester Macdonald of Bluebox Productions joined us in the studio to premiere a new segment for The English Show. We featured her piece about pests and diseases affecting domestic plants. Hester is a Royal Horticultural Society Qualified Horticulturalist and Garden Designer and is the founder of the Swiss Gardening School providing day and evening classes for amateurs. Listen to the segment again here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Arts Correspondent Kevin Richmond gave us a Basel Culture Round-Up, summing up what's happening in the city in the next few weeks: from the eco.naturkongress to Benjamin Britten's opera Rape of Lucretia; Mozart's Così fan tutte to Ballet Basel's productions; from an exhibition of Ismael Lorenzo's theatre photographs in the foyer of the theatre to productions at the Kaserne. Listen to the details again here.

 

 

Watch and Jewellery Show Baselworld inspired this week's tracks: songs that include jewellery, gems or precious metals in their titles.

Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever

Wiley - Wearing My Rolex

Imagine Dragons - Gold

Rihanna - Diamonds

Eva Cassidy - Fields Of Gold

Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha Man

David Bowie - Diamond Dogs

Spandau Ballet - Gold

Incubus - Diamonds And Coal

U2 - Silver And Gold