18 NOVEMBER 1955, page 30

Wine For Christmas

BY IAN PEEBLES T HE French have a saying that 'Every meal is a banquet with wine.' As it con- cerns a national industry there may be some element of propaganda in it, but this......

Lupin Espresso

. . while no one quite knows what happened to the 100 tons of lupin seeds that arrived in Glasgow from Egypt in 1851. But the suspicion is that they were finally consumed in......

'1 Have Heard Some Parents Object To Their Grown-up Sons

drinking soda water, under the idea that it diminishes their chance of seeing grandchildren around their hearth.' A Manual of Diet In Health and Disease by Thomas King Chambers.......