Emma loves bees, actually

I KNOW the best-laid plans often go awry, but Emma Freud headed across the Atlantic to write a book – and ended up a beekeeper!

The 59-year-old made the switch to Los Angeles with her husband, Love Actually writer Richard Curtis, last September. But instead of putting pen to paper for a new novel, the broadcaster, left, enrolled at college and says: ‘I am studying everything I should understand better, but don’t.

‘Climate change, sustainable agriculture, critical race theory and American politics. Also how to use power tools, and beekeeping. Unexpected but fascinating.’

I hear Richard is working on a project he describes as ‘Love Actually for kids’. Here’s hoping it’s the bee’s knees.