25 JANUARY 1952, page 13

The Woodcock's Flight Seeing The Leaves Moving, I Stood...

wondering what was causing them to tumble about; but nothing more happened, • 1 thought of a hedgehog, a mole or a vole, but it turned out to be none of these. As I went forward......

Country Life

A visit to the limestone cliffs enables me to overlook most of the country round about. The fields are heavy and dead at the moment, but soon work will begin again. Tractors......

Art

WHEN the. State sets out to subsidise art, it can apply its benevolence to the production of artists, the production of work by artists and the exhibition of such work to the......

Ripe Old Age

It only needed the remark that the old lady had been over ninety- five when she died to begin a discussion on old age. A man whose grandmother or great-grandmother had reached a......

Cinema

The Wild North. (Empire.)—Tomorrow is Another Day. Painting the Clouds with Sunshine. (Odeon, Marble Arch.) I TAKE off my ear-muffs to Mr. Stewart Granger. In The Wild North he......

Grizzled Squirrels

We have yet to see grey squirrels in our woods. If they are coming, they are slower in their advance than was once feared. The reds have it to themselves here, although I expect......

Theatre

The Loving Elms. By Patrick Cargill. (Embassy.) ALTHOUGH I am by no means exacting in the matter of whodunnits, I did for a moment imagine at this one that we were being treated......

Begonia Culture Last Season Was Particularly Good For...

of the most delightful colour and beauty factors in any flower garden. If you are fortunate enough to own a greenhouse where a fifty-five-degrees temperature can be-maintained,......