Professor Beverley Glover standing on drought-affected lawn at Botanic Garden in Cambridge

How drought is affecting plants and pollinators: expert analysis

With provisional data from the Met Office showing this summer to be the UK’s hottest on record, and a drought having been declared across much of England, Professor Beverley Glover, Head of Evolution and Development at the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge, and Director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden, gives her analysis on the impacts of the UK droughts on plants and pollinators.

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Reading for pleasure - and for better health

Reading for pleasure – from tucking into a Jane Austen classic to devouring a Heartstopper graphic novel – is linked to better mental health, greater empathy and a lower risk of dementia.

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