Hansel And Crete!. (tivoli.)---long John Silver. (carlton...
Arch.) Drum Beat. (Warner.) AT Christmas it is sometimes the good fortune of parents to be able to take their children to films which they themselves can enjoy. Not that their......
Tall Tales
Fishermen, as everyone knows, are prone to a little arm-stretching, and if they talk more of the big fish they have almost caught it is perhaps because the , water tends to......
Country Life
As I was going along the road yesterday I met a party of men and youths who had been off gathering holly. They had found some fine bushes somewhere, but how far they had......
Theatre
Spider's Web. By Agatha Christie. (Savoy.) Aficionados of the detective story will have difficulty in recognising several of its Most typical ingredients in Agatha Christie's......
Spectator Competition No. 254 Set By Allan 0. Waith
Many nursery rhymes are based on his- torical incidents—'Goosey Goosey Gander' was Bishop Gardiner and the 'old man who wouldn't say his prayers' was Archbishop Cranmer. A prize......
Pruning Prudence When It Comes To Pruning A Fruit Tree
it is a fault not to think about the season past. A tree that has had a light crop should, as a rule, be lightly pruned, for a punishin8 with the secateurs encourages the growth......
Buzzards
A reader who used to live in South Wales remarks that he has recently been watching buzzards in Northern Ireland and wonders if they are returning to South Wales too. The......
A Charm Against Indigestion
The usual prize of £5 was offered for a charm against the pains of indigestion after Christmas 'Winner, in not more than eight lines of English verse: the charm to be pronounced......
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