Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson was for twenty-five years a lecturer in ecology at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of Where Do Camels Belong? The Story and Science of Invasive Species, among other books. He writes regularly on gardening for the Telegraph.
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Essays & Memoir | Issue 153
Aliens and Us
Ken Thompson
‘Japanese knotweed is a terrific late-season source of nectar for both bees and hoverflies, but that’s not much of a headline, is it?’