{"id":31664,"date":"2016-10-26T01:48:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T18:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/finding-real-value-in-the-heseltine-estate-letters\/"},"modified":"2016-10-26T02:01:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T19:01:12","slug":"finding-real-value-in-the-heseltine-estate-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/finding-real-value-in-the-heseltine-estate-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding real value in the Heseltine estate | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIn his article about Michael and Anne Heseltine\u2019s estate (Thenford) in Northamptonshire (G2, 24 October), Archie Bland admits he\u2019s much more interested in talking about politics \u2013 but on finding his hosts expect, not unnaturally, to talk about gardening (and their new book), he tells us that they have transformed a \u201cneglected wilderness\u201d into a great English garden. This has involved planting thousands of trees, shrubs, roses etc. We\u00a0hear from Anne that \u201cWe did it bit by bit\u201d. Bland makes one throwaway reference to Thenford\u2019s \u201cdozen gardeners\u201d, but as he\u2019s keen to get Michael\u2019s views on Brexit, we learn nothing about these unsung heroes and heroines. As such, the article unwittingly provides a perfect illustration of the way this country continues to undervalue the expertise and creativity of skilled people.Lorna Unwin Professor emerita of vocational education, UCL Institute of Education, London \u2022 I wonder if Lord Heseltine ever, while enjoying his estate, thinks back to his time in government when he masterminded the Thames Gateway project. Here in Dartford we lost large areas of open land to development and the area is fast becoming an extension of London\u2019s urban sprawl. He opined at the time that he wanted to see Dartford develop as another Dorking \u2013 a sick joke to go with the current talk of \u201cgarden city\u201d developments. In my experience only money drives development. The result is to maximise profit over any other consideration and the result is writ large here.Ron KippsDartford, Kent Continue reading…
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