Ann Willmott News Today

A rare 1900 Swiss miniature silver carriage clock that was once owned by one of the most significant female horticulturists, plant researchers and plant photographers of the 19th and early 20th centuries is to be offered at auction in September. Leighton Gillibrand, Head of Dreweatts Clocks, Barometers and Scientific Instruments department: "This exquisite little timepiece

SIR – I read with a mix of sadness and incredulity your report (January 11) about the £100 million fund set up by the Church of England to atone for the “past wrongs of slavery”.

SIR – When I started, general practice was considered the jewel in the crown of the NHS.

History has portrayed horticulturalist Ellen Willmott as a rude saboteur - but new evidence suggests otherwise.