31 MARCH 1939, page 15

Boat Race Reflections

By BERNARD DARWIN N EXT Saturday is the day of the Boat Race, an event probably possessing this unique distinction, that it excites more people who know nothing about it than......

A Hundred Years Ago

THE SPECTATOR, MARCH 30, 1839. The Duke of Wellington has left town for Strathfieldsaye, with a waggon-load of plate and sauces, besides sundry cooks and foot- men: so it is......

Springtime In England

By GEORGES DUHAMEL I it su ffi cient to conquer the world once in order to enjoy 1 the fruits of that conquest for ever ? I asked myself this last spring as I walked through......