11 JUNE 1954, page 15

Newts And Kittens

A correspondent whose letter, written before Christmas, has only just reached me asks about newts, saying that her husband found one on the hearthrug in her house in Novem- ber,......

Country Life

IT began to rain during the afternoon. At first I was happy about the downpour. I could imagine it swelling the little streams that run into the lake. I could almost see the......

Thinning Apples

A frugal outlook makes it hard for a novice to thin out fruit on an apple tree, and yet the greedy fruit-grower always gets a poorer crop by leaVing more than a tree can......

An Old Soldier'

I had been watching him for a while when the tramp eventually pepped his bits of rag and other odds and ends into his sack and came along to speak to me. There was something......

Chess With A New Look

Three-dimensional chess is now being played in New York on eight superimposed boards. For this it has been found necessary to invent additional types of chessmen, with greater......

Spectator Competition No. 226 Se I By Brian Hill Competitors

are asked to comment in verse (limit 12 lines) on the use of the grounds of Holland House for the LCC's exhibition of sculpture in the open air. Prize, which may be divided: £5.......