17 JANUARY 1941, page 12

Cackle Pie

The cut in the meat ration is a depressing though not desperate thing, and it is a sad day for all of us, and for bird-lovers especi- ally, when writers begin to advocate the......

Architecture Bombed Churches

CORRESPONDENCE columns have been full of suggestions abo how to deal with the ruined City churches. Dr. Julian Huxl has proposed that they should be rebuilt where they are Mr.......

Venison Sausages

There is, however, one article of war-time food on which I should like enlightenment. About a year ago a Scottish ghillie, with the rich persuasive accents of a highlander who......

Country Life

Gardening Shows It is excellent news that the Royal Horticultural Society is to reintroduce its programme of small monthly shows in West- minster. In peace-time nothing seemed......

Music An American Symphony

THE United States have been slow, presumably because they had to build upon European foundations, in creating a characteristic style of their own in the arts which one could......

Wild Daphne The First Stars Of Pink On The Mezereon

bush (daphne• mezereum) set me wondering if the plant ever had any just claim as a native plant. Books tie on to it the vague label " garden escape " without elaboration. As a......