5 JANUARY 1940, page 24

Mr. Henry Hall's Signature Tune

SIR,—Your printing of Mr. P. A. Shaw's letter on that ghastly machine, the cinema organ, encourages me to hope that you will allow me to protest about Mr. Henry Hall's signature......

B.b.c. And Church Organs

SIR, —Your correspondent Mr. P. A. Shaw suggests that recitals on the church organ should take the place of many of the organ recitals given by the B.B.C. But might it not be......

The Loveliest Land Of Pictured Christmas And New Year's...

from many parts of the empire the most intimate was a photograph of a wagtail nesting in a great naturalist's verandah in Cape Town ; and the most spacious a Christmas and......

Country Life

A War-Cured Eyesore A view of rural England that has delighted many of us was being grievously marred by the extension of an unlovely factory. Quite suddenly the old view has......

Tidy Snow After The Snow Fell A Certain Head Gardener

said to his three under-gardeners who had no very obvious jobs : "Now go and have a look round. I've never seen the garden look so tidy! " Autumn has been called the worst of......

The Rains Came "

SIR,—In your issue of December 29th Mr. Graham Greene reviews the film The Rains Came. I have not yet seen the film, but I have read, and have been greatly impressed by, Mr.......

The Best Potager The Best Vegetable Garden—it May Be Classed

as a potager, though of 30o acres—that ever I saw in England has assumed a new importance through the war ; and very wisely its record has just been published. The Land Our......