Garden code

London, May 22 (Reuters): First the book, then the movie, now the garden.

Designer David Domoney is vying for one of the prizes at Britain’s Chelsea Flower Show with a garden inspired by Dan Brown’s bestseller The Da Vinci Code.

“Let’s hope we can find the Holy Grail with the judges,” Domoney said today beside his small show garden which is dominated by a replica of the glass pyramid outside the Louvre Museum in Paris that figures in the novel’s opening.

Poor vision

Berlin (Reuters): Germans asked themselves on Monday why everyone in Europe seems to hate them after their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest ended up a dismal 15th place and got zero points from most European countries. “Why does everyone dislike us?” asked Bild newspaper, Germany’s best-selling daily on Monday, summing up the mood after the country’s entry Texas Lightning went in with hopes of winning but landed near the bottom.

Bad fries

York, England (Reuters): Workers at a British factory making French fries were evacuated two days running last week after bomb parts turned up in potatoes imported from France and Belgium. The Scarborough plant was emptied on Friday after a worker spotted a shell tip among the potatoes.