Pruning Gooseberries
The year before last I neglected my gooseberry bushes and suffered an alarming fall in the crop. My first neglect was in not pruning, and the second in not taking precautions......
Music Ar The London Symphony Orchestra's Concert Of...
in- the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday night, Kathleen Ferrier sang Chausson's Poi:me de l'Arnour et de la Mer. It was the first time that I had heard her sing French music ; and......
Art
SCULPTURE is corning to mean something quite different from what our parents meant by the word. When painters lost interest in the illusionistic representation of depth and......
Cottage Repairs
Three cottages where roof-repairs had been carried out took my attention. The work had been done with cement. Slates are plentiful here—so plentiful that large slate slabs stand......
Country Life
WE were crossing the moor by car when we saw two horsemen coming down from the skyline. They were rounding up sheep, controlling their dogs and making a good job of the thing.......
The Broth Spoon
A friend, returning from a visit to relatives in Glamorgan, has brought me a broth spoon, a large spoon like a lard ladle, carved from a sycamore block. Forty or fifty years ago......
A Modern Blacksmith
Blacksmith T. came to the forge after the war and brought ideas he had gathered in the army. The old bellows are no longer in use, having been replaced by a blower fan. The......
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