Those Were The Days
IT would be difficult—indeed, it would be almost impossible—to recognise in Maurice Wiggin the author of In Spite of the Price of Hay (Phoenix House, 16s.), a meandering,......
Lawn Care
Even before the lawn will bear a mower, and grass is growing fast at this moment, good work can be done by pricking out weeds such as plantain, dandelion and daisy and......
Country Life
By IAN NIALL A PEW days of mild weather certainly make a great difference. Before lamb-like March came in there was no hint that the garden was quite so ready to bloom, but now......
Topography
When an acquaintance who has not been living in the locality for long asked me where he could cut himself some brushwood to protect his newly sprouted peas I passed on the......
A Mystery
'1 wonder if you can help solve a conundrum for us in our garden?' asks a Hampshire reader. 'On one special gravel path a number of little heaps of gravel have appeared and the......
Chess
By PHILIDOR No. 94. B. HARLEY (from Mate in Two Moves) BLACK (9 men) WHITE (10 men) (This problem will be discussed in next week's article) WHITE to play and mate in two moves:......
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