Gyles Brandreth is bereft – Denise Bryer, the flower’s voice, has died at 93
They say you never forget your first love – a psychiatrist once told me that your first proper intimation of your own mortality comes when you learn that your first love has died. Well, when I was a little boy, my favourite television programme was The Flower Pot Men, featuring Bill and Ben (the flower pot men) and their friend Little Weed, a flora of indeterminate species (a curious dandelion/sunflower cross) with a beaming smile and a squeaky voice. ...
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