The Darling Buds: Move Over Darlings
Chris Roberts, Melody Maker, 23 April 1988
SOWING SEEDS
SO WE WON'T compare them to a summer's day, then. Summer days are the longest, the most languorous. The Darling Buds are flecked with snowdrops and have speed and Jamboree Bags for brains and disposable culture in our happening free West.
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