Venice

'THE spirit of enchantment under which Venice lies, pearly and roseate like the Sleeping Beauty, change- less throughout the centuries arrested, while the con- crete forest of......

Jazz

THOSE who are uncertain as to the precise definition of what is jazz and what is not jazz can read several conflicting views on the subject in Concerning Jazz (Faber, 12s. 6d.).......

Sowing And Planting

May is a month in which to sow such things as main-crop peas, French beans and scarlet runners, although some people plant the latter from boxes when frost danger is past. It is......

Mouse Murderer

Although I might have had a better view of the nest by stepping on the bank, 1 didn't do so, because bird-nesting boys study the signs in the hedgerow grass as much.as anything......

Country Life

By IAN NIALL READING further reports that the rabbit is changing its environment, by favouring open ground and scrapes and depressions rather than holes, makes me wonder if it......

Chess

fly PHILIDOR No. 102. A. G. MESCH1CK BLACK (5 men) WII1TE (7 men) wurrE to play and mate in two moves: solution next week. Solution to last week's problem by Baton: Q-B 4,'no......

Kitten And Flies We Were Walking Uphill When My Companion

paused as we came to three cottages with flagged forecourts and little flower beds beneath their win- dows. 'I have a relative who lives here,' he said. 'I'll just call and see......