17 SEPTEMBER 1954, page 16

Country Life

TURNING off the main highway we ran along a rough road that passed through unfenced scrubby ground. I could see a pair of rabbits ahead, sitting on the short springy turf. One......

Hedgehog Guests

On the subject of hedgehogs Commander W. M. Phipps Hornby writes from Berwick as follows: The account of Mr. W. A. Thomson's experience with a hedgehog largely bears out my own......

Twisted Tales

Competitors were reminded that the Russians are alleged to have a Disinformation Service, whose task is the dissemination of misleading information. The usual prize was offered......

The Lakeside Scene When The Weeds Begin To Die On

the lake, as they do at the end of September, the fish seek deeper water. The shallows are no longer warm and rich in food. By about the same time the latest of the wild duck......

Spectator Competition No. 240 Set By Brian Hill

The centenary of the birth of Oscar Wilde falls on October 16, when an LCC plaque Is to be unveiled on his house in Tite Street, Chelsea, by Sir Compton Mackenzie. Wilde house......