John Cushnie

The happiness of New Year's day came to an abrupt halt when I received the call to say that my lovely friend and colleague, John Cushnie had died.  So just to say good-bye to such a very, very funny, clever, kind and talented man.  Yes, he was a great friend and colleague...but there was so much more he was known for  : one of the sharpest true wits on the radio, and one of the wickedest grins there ever was,  such a deep, deep dislike of vegetables in all their sizes and shapes, John was truly horrified by the grow your own boom (but never the less was so excited about my own Grow your Own with Pippa Greenwood venture, and offered his help too!), believed in saying what he thought (often 'get rid of it!'), and in true gardening sense, called a spade a spade.....John, we'll miss you so much, in fact we already do.