5 NOVEMBER 1948, page 17

Tits A Number Of County Chauvinists Appear To Resent The

suggestion that _Devon tits are more destructive than others Evidence accumulates that other tits in other shires, notably Hampshire and Norfolk, are expert-5 in the destruction......

A Liberal's Point Of View

SIR, —Mr. Leak's denunciation of Conservatives and Socialists is much 1' to my liking, but is it an answer to my argument? And is Mr. Leak not falling into the familiar,......

Country Life

IT happens often, as. it has happened this autumn, that the first general frost falls between- the two brief interpolated summers of St. Luke in October and St. Martin in......

Serfdom Without Tears ?

Sia,—As a result of your review, I .obtained and read The Triple Challenge. I am glad I did so ; but I nearly refrained after reading those nauseating sycophantic stories about......

Sta,—may I Add These Places To Those Given By Sir

Evelyn Wrench in The Spectator of October 29th? Between Wigan and Preston near Chorley stands Duxbury Hall,where Miles Standish, one of ,the c` Mayflower's " voyagers, was born.......

On The Track Of The Duke

Sul,—To one who is an amateur of genealogy, and whose profession includes the presentation here of candidates for degrees which have been earned by established examinations, Mr.......

In The Garden A Query Reaches Me About. Almonds. Are

the nuts of our ornamental almonds edible or identical with bought 'almonds? I have long thought the common - almond almost the loveliest and most usefUl of the prunus tribe.......

,4 Men Who Made America "

StE,—In the article Men Who Made America it is stated that "members of the Washington family " of Washington, Co. Durham, moved " to Westmorland in 1376." But there were members......

Too Friendly Sheep

The story of a lamb reared on a charming Cumberland fell farm throws an odd light on ovine mentality. The ewe died, and the lamb was brought n up by hand. It became so tame,......

A Self - Sufficient Britain That Most Vital Subject, "can...

itself ? ", was discussed at the end of October by that Most sensible and suggestive group of reformers, the Rural Reconstruction "Association. The lecturer, Mr. Friend Sykes,......

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