16 OCTOBER 1953, page 13

Cinema

Androcles and The Lion. (Rialto.)—The Intruder. (Empire.) BERNARD SHAW'S irreverent views on Christianity, so brilliantly expounded in that exceptionally poor play of his,......

Country Life

A COCK pheasant moved out of the weeds beneath the hedge, rising over the rough furrow and picking his way carefully across the withered potato haulms, but watching, listening......

"they Say The Lion \ And The Lizard. . . ." The

usual prizes are offered for the best completion of this stanza (in the Omar Khayyam stanza-form) as an advertisement for the Zoo. Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99......

Harvest Festival

The road turns through the crowding walls of the village and then, after a sharp bend, goes downhill for more than a mile, and it is possible to look over the valley and see the......

De Mortuis . . .

Although factually correct and apparently flattering, obituary notices of public characters, If read between the lines, are apt to give a different impression of their subjects.......