28 DECEMBER 1962, Page 14

Stn,—England's foundations crumble. The Bolt th at holds up the Sky

threatens to come out 3f itS aerial socket. Britain, we are told, is played out asr an independent power. Royalty itself is in dangnc from a European federation. This view, I feel cthi- fident, is not shared by the wild life that dwel s, on the plains of Italy, on the French presidential estate at Rambouillet or on the moors of Scotland., Can it be that the next phase in our history svIt; come under the heading of the Pheasants' Revolt.