In 1993 I was awarded distinction by the University of Edinburgh for my dissertation on hedges.
I recall the gist of my dissertation but not the detail:
I first gave the dictionary definition:
I then introduced my thoughts:
But my dissertation was on urban hedges:
Two decades on, Alexander McCall Smith suggest to me that I might like this book:
I have always loved hedges. especially mixed hedges. They do not divide in the way that fences or walls do. Hedges have gaps. The light gets through.
After I graduated in Medicine with the University of Aberdeen, and having trained as a Junior Doctor, I left medicine to study Landscape Architecture with the University of Edinburgh. Almost three years later I graduated MLA, with distinction in every subject.