24 NOVEMBER 1973, page 15

Science

Rejected in secret Bernard Dixon Consider the following episode. A scientist, seeking funds to pursue a new research project, drafts a detailed application setting out his......

Acts Of Faith

Martin Sullivan "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he ", says the Book of Proverbs. "The soul is dyed the colour of its leisure thoughts wrote the greatest of the Roman......

Country Life

Traveller's joy Peter Quince . ' It is a very good time of year to get about the country on one's legs. Even more than the first bland days of spring, these restless, changeable......