Country Life
EVERYONE Seems to be plagued with wasps this summer and the invasion is much earlier than in previous years for the simple reason that countless wasp nests have been washed out......
On Snakes In The Course Of The Summer I Have
not seen many snakes. Grass snakes ' have never been too numerous here but usually I come across quite a few adders in the course of my fishing outings. I read the other day......
The Pedometer
Among the knick-knacks that I have hardly ever used is a pcdometer,which, although I am not-sure when it was invented and perfected, always seems to me to be a Victorian sort of......
Cordelia Speaks
SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 236 Report by Guy Kendall Price of £ 5 was offered to competitors for writing, in not more than 12 lines of verse, or 1 . 50 words of prose, what they......
Harvesting Month
September is the harvesting month in the vegetable garden and in many gardens the excess crop is often wasted. Marrows can be kept suspended in nets, runner beans salted and put......
Spectator Competition No. 239 Set By Edward Blishen In His
Directions to servants in General Swift advises the Footman: 'Take off the largest dishes and set them on with one hand ... but always do it between two kdies, that, if the dish......
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