10 APRIL 1953, page 12

The Passing Rain _ One Large Black Cloud Came Over

from the direction of the sea. The sky was otherwise clear, but-somehow the sunlight did not catch the side of the cloud that was visible from the place in which I stood. It......

Country Life

WHEN I used to shoot regularly, a distant wood was one of my- favourite haunts. It was a great place for wood-pigeons. Rabbits were abundant there, and sometimes an old cock......

Cinema

The Final Test. (Odeon.)—The Battle of Stalingrad. (Marble Arch Pavilion.)—The Naked Spur. (Empire.) The Final Test is admirably directed by Mr. Anthony Asquith, admirably......

Hungry Birds Writing From Diss, Norfolk, Mr. R. R. Scott

remarks how the exceptional tides of January have altered the life of resident and other birds on the east coast, and goes on to mention that he witnessed exceptionally large......

Falcon's Flight

While I have never seen a Gyr falcon, and have only watched peregrines at an extreme range, 1 think that few birds of the falcon breed can have more fascinating and graceful......

Weeding April Is A Mont Of Germination And Groivth Among

weeds as well as useful things. Use weed-killers where they can do no harm to other plants or pets, and use one of the hormone-stimulating preparations on the lawn. - I find......

Music Mozart's "la Finta Giardiniera" "i Also Heard An Opera

buffa by the wonderful genius Mozart; it is called La Finta Giardiniera. There were flames of genius flickering here and there, but they did not combine to make that still,......