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Evening Standard column

Rosie Boycott

Robert Llewellyn

Text Factor: the writing competition changing the literary world

An assortment of writers, rock stars and trapeze artists are set to compete for a book deal at a live publishing event in Notting Hill, says Rosie Boycott - and the public will decide who wins

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A little TLC goes a long way if you want the very best meat

Treating animals with respect is paying dividends at the farm run by former racing driver Jody Scheckter, says Rosie Boycott

From knives and riots to a rich seam of community spirit

Thriving food projects have helped change the Broadwater Farm estate beyond recognition from its troubled past, says Rosie Boycott

The green shoots among red bricks

Thriving gardens are being created in gritty inner-city estates, says Rosie Boycott

Peter Mandelson: The man who was the real Prime Minister

As her film charting Peter Mandelson's last months in office is released, Hannah Rothschild tells Rosie Boycott what it was like to be 'another satellite of Planet Peter'

Community spirit blossoms in the tough end of Kennington

A communal garden has transformed a rundown estate, says Rosie Boycott

All aboard the veg van

Rosie Boycott finds an old milk float providing a sterling service to the community in Surrey

A garden that can grow young minds

Green is good is the lesson at one school. Rosie Boycott went to find out more.

The garden that made an estate grow together

Cultivating vegetables has revived an East End concrete jungle as a community

Fareshare is tackling the crime of waste

Fareshare gets hold of the food that is wasted at the manufacturing end of the chain and give it away to the homeless and the very poor.

Boxing clever for your weekly veg

A scheme in Stoke Newington is showing the way to feed Londoners, says Rosie Boycott.

Get a buzz out of sponsoring bees

London companies can protect these essential insects, says Rosie Boycott.

This castle is a growth area

London’s food czar Rosie Boycott visits a grand new location for Capital Growth, the project dedicated to creating new London grow-your-own plots.

My night at Covent Garden (the market, not the opera)

A couple of weeks ago, I spent a night in Covent Garden market with the market traders. There was one topic of conversation to which they all returned: the unreliability of vegetable supplies

How to get kids into the garden

Rosie Boycott is trying to encourage London schoolchildren to garden. Here she gives tips on how to engage them

From big dig to today’s big issue - how healthy food is big business

Industrialisation might have led to endless cheap food but it has come at a price

Grow your own: go to school and get gardening

Children who know where food comes from are at less risk of becoming overweight. Rosie Boycott has a scheme to teach them

Put paid to food waste and enjoy lunch for free

A monumental public feast takes place in Trafalgar Square

Meet London's unsung Eco heroes

In the third part of our series on turning London green, the Mayor’s grow-your-own czar celebrates those who work behind the scenes

10 ways to green your London life

There's more to saving the planet - and our city - than switching off the TV and changing lightbulbs

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