... for the welfare state. Instead, the welfare state has been brought to its knees by the escalating cost of The wartime 'dig for victory' appeals to Brown, who sees himself as a latter-day Churchill ...

... Hickey then sealed the deal with a snap-shot in the dying seconds as sheer pride and obstinancy helped the home side dig out victory. But those final exchanges were the only sparks of excitement in an encounter which, while featuring some excellent defence ...

... champagne the Duchess of Cornwall was given a giant cabbage for her birthday. Camilla and the Prince of Wales visited the Dig For Victory allotment in St James's Park, London, designed to show the advantages of growing your own veg. The site shows the differences ...

... Brown's wife, Sarah, has started growing vegetables and fruit in the back garden of Number 10 Downing Street. The wartime 'dig for victory' gesture appeals to the prime minister who sees himself as a latter- day Churchill, fighting against the global forces ...

... Victorian age to assist the working man (yes, it was all men in those days) in providing for his family. World War II and the Dig for Victory Campaign meant that allotment culture became a fixed feature of English life. I may be wrong but I calculate that there ...

... than a cuttingedge garden for our times. Set in 1945 and decorated with homecoming Union Jack bunting, it boasted a 'Dig for Victory' vegetable plot containing old varieties, a thatched pub and an overgrown patch sown with wild flowers and symbolic red ...

... spuds on the table, and retreated to their allotments and garden sheds until it was all over. In the UK, there was a Dig for Victory campaign, which was not an audacious attempt to tunnel into Colditz, but rather a drive to persuade people to feed themselves ...

... Peter Maxwell Davies travels to Antarctica. (512145) B.OO—THE TWENTIETH CENTURY GARDEN The effects of World War Two's Dig for Victory campaign on the British garden. when necessity led to food replacing flowers on plots. (1232) 9.OO—WHITE TRIBE New series ...

... Peter Maxwell Davies takes a trip to Antarctica. 512145 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY GARDEN. The effects of World War Two's Dig for Victory campaign on the garden. when necessity led to food replacing flowers on plots across the land a change not always popular ...

... rationing, the programme called Dig for Victory which described how and where ordinary people could grow food for themselves, in allotments that became institutionalised throughout the country. One photograph shows people digging in front of the Albert Memorial ...

... Tunnel project digs for victory When heavy-goods vehicles are rerouted via the new Dublin Port Tunnel, traffic chaos can be reduced, write Harry McGee and Richard Oakley EVERY morning throughout Ireland, more than 30,000 heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) snake ...

... and Donegal. But Mayo almost invariably make a decent playoff burst and they could yet come up along the inside rail. Digging out victory at the death against Kerry could yet be a turning point - they sleepwalked through the first 10 minutes in Newbridge ...