Amaryllis
Howard Jacobson on why a flower has suddenly trumped exotic chocolates in his affections. Given an amaryllis as a gift, he wonders why he's never stared at a flower... until now.
After being given an amaryllis as a gift, Howard Jacobson wonders why he's never stared at a flower...until now.
He ponder his life-long ignorance of flowers. Growing up, the family garden was a dumping ground for his dad's old trucks; seeds were something you fed to a budgerigar.
'And wasn't there a flower called An Enemy?' Howard asks. 'There you are then. I've had enough of those in life without finding more in the garden'.
Producer: Adele Armstrong
Sound: Peter Bosher
Production coordinator: Helena Warwick-Cross
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
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