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No gentlemen's club is prouder of its reputation as a bastion of the Establishment than White's, founded in 1693 and lying just a couple of hundred yards from St James's Palace.
From the entrance of Park Road Allotments in Isleworth, West London, you can see the imposing brick wall that borders Syon Park, the London estate of the Duke of Northumberland – a battle line that separates this wild green corner from the manicured grounds and Grade I listed house beyond.
A group of allotment holders have won a lengthy battle against one of Britain’s wealthiest aristocrats to stop their communal growing plot being bulldozed for luxury flats.
The Duke of Northumberland has lost an eight-year battle to turn allotments at his Grade I listed London home and estate into 80 apartments.
Ralph Percy, one of Britain’s richest men, wanted to build luxury flats on his land in west London but the plans have been thrown out