29 SEPTEMBER 1973, page 33

Country Life

Trees of the river Peter Quince The alder is curious;y unrecognised, compared with several other native trees. I s-spect there are scores of people, possibly hundreds, who could......

Science

Yellow peril Bernard Dixon As well as illustrating our fecklessness in handling human faeces, the Italian cholera epidemic has focused attention on an intriguing, but......

'on Englishness'

Benny Green In his dotage J. B. Priestley has become something of a social historian. His recent books on the Regency, the Victorians and the Edwardians were all delightful,......

Juliette's 'weekly 'frolic

Sandown On Saturday was a far cry from the idyllic scene at the press preview the week before, but then any racecourse would have been hell with a 21,000-plus christening party......