Tricky celery and knobbly celeriac are well worth the effort, says Monty Don

When I was growing up, celery was served almost invariably as a summer salad vegetable – and it is very good like this. But cooked celery enriches almost any soup or stew, as well as being tasty in its own right. Celery and its close relative celeriac are both delicious now. Celeriac is cultivated for … Read more

TALK OF THE TOWN: Georgia Toffolo is dragged round London by her beloved Monty 

TALK OF THE TOWN: It’s walkies for Georgia Toffolo as Made in Chelsea star is dragged round London by her beloved King Charles spaniel Monty after enjoying lunch with friends By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:07 BST, 18 October 2020 | Updated: 00:09 BST, 18 October … Read more

Whether roasted, mashed or made into soup, pumpkins are a princely veg, says Monty Don

Plump for pumpkins! Whether roasted, mashed or made into soup, pumpkins are a princely veg, says Monty Don. All they need is sun and space to spread… Monty Don shares his tips for growing the best pumpkins Says that growing cross-patch crops such as lettuce or radishes can fill space Ensure 5cm of the pumpkins neck … Read more

Comedians should be free to decide what jokes to tell, says Monty Python legend Michael Palin

‘Don’t stifle us!’: Comedians should be free to decide what jokes to tell regardless of PC culture, says Monty Python legend Michael Palin By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 01:47 BST, 29 September 2020 | Updated: 01:52 BST, 29 September 2020 Sir Michael Palin has warned of the dangers of telling comedians which jokes they are … Read more

Red hot crops! He’s had a few false starts, but Monty Don has mastered the art of growing chillies

With gardening, as in life, pride usually precedes a whopping great fall, so I’m tempting fate in saying I’ve learned how to grow chillies well. But it has taken a while and was preceded, if not by failure, by very average results. Nowadays I have a great supply and that, in itself, is a cause … Read more

Monty Don recalls a magical spring and summer in his garden in My Garden World: The Natural Year

Monty Don describes the myriad creatures and plants he sees in his garden throughout the calendar year in his joyous new book My Garden World.  Last week, in our first extract, he shared his diary entries for autumn and winter, but now spring has arrived… with an unwelcome hazard! Monty Don describes the myriad creatures … Read more

Ash Pollard reveals she had no idea she was pregnant while filming the All New Monty strip show 

‘I was just so ill’: Former My Kitchen Rules star Ash Pollard reveals she had no idea she was pregnant while filming the All New Monty strip show – and mistook her symptoms for exhaustion By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:38 BST, 12 September 2020 | Updated: 14:46 BST, 12 September 2020 … Read more

Radio host Monty Dimond breaks down in tears while talking about her late mother for R U OK? Day 

‘I don’t know how to do this life without my mum’: Yumi Stynes sobs on-air as her pregnant KIIS FM’s 3pm Pick-Up host breaks down in tears on R U OK? Day By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:45 BST, 11 September 2020 | Updated: 04:45 BST, 11 September 2020 Radio host Monty … Read more

Erin Holland reveals the one body insecurity she has ahead of stripping off on The All New Monty

Erin Holland candidly reveals the one body insecurity she has ahead of stripping off on The All New Monty… and reveals how fiancé Ben Cutting reacted to her going on the show By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:33 BST, 5 September 2020 | Updated: 04:33 BST, 5 September 2020 She’s set to … Read more

‘A woke joke isn’t going to be very funny’: Monty Python star John Cleese attacks woke culture

John Cleese has criticised the ‘stifling’ effect of political correctness on creativity – saying there is no such thing as a ‘woke joke’. The former Monty Python star, 80, said Britain should not organise its society around ‘the sensibilities of the most easily upset people’, because that would lead to a ‘very neurotic society’.   Mr … Read more