13 OCTOBER 1973, page 16

Religion

Rewards and punishments Martin Sullivan 'There are many features of New Testament teaching which puzzle the modern reader and none more than its repeated references to rewards......

Country Life

Flowers of autumn Peter Quince "Summer is over, and we've had scarcely a wasp in the house," someone said; and although I had not really noticed it before, I recognised that it......

Juliette's Weekly Frolic

God bless Rheingold. Crouched in front of the ' box ' on Sunday afternoon I certainly didn't feel like a girl about to tip the winner of the world's richest race, the mood being......

The Short-distance Runner

Benny Green Sitting at breakfast last Wednesday morning running an eye over the morning newspaper, I suddenly 'underwent one of those pregnant Proustian experiences when......