25 AUGUST 1973, page 15

Religion

Impinging unbelief Martin Sullivan One of the most ur g ent and indeed contemporary demands addressed to Christ came from a father who had brou g ht his sick son to be healed.......

'gardening

Transience Denis Wood Among all the principles and qualities which go to make up garden design, unity, scale, variety, contrast and many others, t ransience may not always be......

'the Good Life

Feeding the thought Pamela Vandyke Price Gastronomy is getting there. Our very own Clement Freud is in the House; the astronauts admit to "stomach awareness," insipidly......