Country Life
BY IAN NIALL HARVEST continues here in October, as we expected, with wind and rain that make the gathering more difficult. The wind dries out the stooks but it is not easy to......
Chess
BY PHILIDOR No. 71. L. WOODWARD BLACK (6 men) WHITE (lb men) WHITE to play and mate in two moves: solution next week. Solution to last week's problem by Goethart. R–R 31 threat......
Rain And Shine
John Moore, whose work I have always admired, has written another excellent country book. It is called Come Rain, Come Shine (Collins, 18s.) and it is a meandering, delight- ful......
New Novels
ON the back of the title-page of Andersonville, by MacKinlaY Kantor (Allen, 20s.), is the announcement, 'Asterisks in the text denote words and passages which have been deleted......
The Cripple
The wounded jackdaw hopped out of the Shrubbery across the road while I stood look- ing out of my bedroom window. Four others, Perched on the iron railing, watched the progress......
Leeks And Celery
Final earthing up of leeks and celery should be done in a dry spell. If the latter have not been grown in a trench with this in mind they should be earthed by hoeing up in order......
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