article_snippet: But despite this, many of his views are eminently sensible.
article_snippet: his is bursting with ideas on subjects as varied as the environment, architecture, town planning, Shakespeare, agriculture, the King James Bible and much else besides.
article_snippet: What’s more, his opinions on architectural carbuncles or on the need for caution over genetically modified food are shared by countless numbers of Britons.
highlights_snippet: But many of his views on the environment and agriculture are sensible .
  