Extreme Flowers. Wild Winter Runs. Liz Ballard MBE. Mulling On Gulls

Sunday at Bill's Mother's: 4th January 2026

Greater Black-backed Gull washing the rubbish off in an inner city puddle

Morning. A New Year mix today, with a selection of winter events from our running correspondent, Ellen Beardmore, not least a stampede around Graves Park where we’ll see New Year resolutionaries and veterans hurtling in all directions.

We have a word with Liz Ballard about her MBE …