THE GRASS C HOPPER'S TALE

摘要

There is no doubt the British do grass - brilliantly. Is there anything as quintessentially, well, English, as the lush and preferably classically-striped lawn? Admired and emulated worldwide, it represents nostalgia for bygone eras of tea, cricket and lazy civilised Sundays before the shops opened 24-7. One day, someone will create a megabot to take the labour out of cultivating that grail of greenness. Until then, there is John Nichols, 84, and unusually both an inventor and ICAEW chartered accountant, who plans to revolutionise lawn mowing.