Country Life

ALTHOUGH I have often heard of people being bitten by adders, I have not heard of one who has died as a result. No doubt people die from snakebite in this country, but they also......

Chlorophyll

Chlorophyll, I was told at school, is the stuff of life itself. When I look at a field of hay or a hill of swedes I sometimes remember what my biology master had to say.......

Spectator Competition No. Ii

Set by John Usborne A prize of £5, which may be divided, is offered for it four-line epitaph on an English drought. Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street,......

An Angry Bull

There was a startling roar from the inside of the shed, and as I looked towards it the farmer smiled. "Can't trust him any more," he said. "-I knew when he was two he was goin'......

Spectator Competition No. 128 Repo T By N. Hodgson " A

prize of £5 was -offered for 'Soubriquets (on the analogy of "The Swan of Avon," " The Rupert of Debate," &c.) for Mr. Winston Churchill, Mr. Aneurin Bevan, General de Gaulle......

Roses From Slips

Disregarding the comments of the experts, I have increased the number of rose trees in my garden by taking slips. If the blooms are no larger than those on the older trees I......

Crab-apples

Because it once had a wonderful crop, I went back to see how the old crab - apple tree was doing. It grows in a hedge that surrounds a copse. The first time I found it, it was......