1. ‘Are you interested in things like people digging up the roots of Ranunculus bulbosus and eating them like radishes?’ ‘Yes, I’ve never heard of that one. Have you done it?’ ‘No, I haven’t, but I know people who have. I imagine they’re very hot’ [Rushall, Herefordshire, November 1999].

Images: main, H. Zell, Wiki Commons; inset, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, April 2016.