Country Life
How does it come about that some seaside places are half-ruined by the amount of oil, and some quite immune. In one bay in North Devon it was almost melancholy to walk along the......
R.a.f And Training
SIR,—I am glad that the question of E. V. T. in the R.A.F. is being aired. I can endorse Honours Graduate's letter and the fact that many Educa- tion Officers are cynically......
Railway Tickets
Sta,—In your issue of June 22nd " Numa Pompilius," remarks that he cannot believe that it would be impossible to find a ticket clerk for a third " quicker" at Paddington, but I......
Owls, Trout And Beetles It Surprised Many Enemies Of That
alien species . to learn that the little Spanish owl lived principally upon beetles. It certainly surprised me to find that some trout had an exactly similar taste. One......
The Status Of Austria
SIR, —Perhaps some of your readers can explain to me why, in the light of the declaration that the country is as much the victim of German aggression as Czechoslovakia or the......
A Desired Crime
However long the list of civic crimes there is one that should be added, The encouragement of bracken. In the hilly districts of Scotland, of Cumberland and of Wales wherever a......
Cuckoo, Cuckoo Though I Risk The. Cuckoo's 42sittie,:of...
I cannot for- bear from reporting one new Ubservation..on.this eccentric fowl. A farmer in the Lakes, who is a great lover and observer of birds, found a cuckoo's egg (as he......
Conflict In The Schools
SIR,—Ahhough I warmly sympathise with much that Mr. Packer has to say, it is certain that he underestimates the problem of time. It is easy enough to make a study of transport......
Sir,—may I Be Allowed To Say, With The Utmost Diffidence,
that E. L. Packer in the article called " Conflict in the Schools " (6.7.45) has missed one very important point? In my experience of teaching in different Primary schools since......
In My Garden The Largest Crop Of The Largest Black-currants
that I have ever seen were growing in the cottage garden of a retired gardener. When he picked them he just cut off the branches; and this is held to be the best method both for......
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