21 MAY 1954, page 16

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Before Six Had Struck I Was Restless And Had To

get up. Nearly two hours before I got out of bed I had awakened to the twittering of birds and by the time the dawn chorus was in full voice sleep was impossible and I began to......

A Homing Pigeon Walking Up Through The Wood The Other

day I discovered the corpse of a pigeon. The feathers of the bird were strewn about and it was hard to tell whether it had been shot or pounced upon by a fox or a cat, although......

Three-dimensional Chess Is Now Being Played In New York On

eight superimposed boards. For this it has been found necessary to invent additional types of chessmen, with greater powers than those of the traditional pieces. For the usual......

Wildfowling Has Never Been One Of My Pas- Times, Although

when I was fonder of taking a gun with me I used to shoot wild duck on occasions. 1 suppose half a dozen times in my life 1 have shot curlew—the poor man's grouse, as they are......

Spectator Competition No. 220 Report By C. H. Lewis And

your type is the same as the set-up for Resistance Is Nil. The alignment is perfect. The call of your voice on my inter-corn And the echo of your heels on the terrazzo And the.......