Country Life
A RECENT reference to weather prophecies and their fallibility has brought me various tags from several countries, including Spain, Germany and Austria, the home of the Three......
In The Garden Gardeners, If They Lay Stress On Fruit,
may well rejoice, in contrast with the rest of the world, in the leonine or wintry entrance of March: it has arrested a too early spring ; and it has not been quite severe......
Lakeland Birds
It would be perhaps equally true to say that the Lakes were rich or deficient in bird life. At a rather elevated point above the grimmest of the lakes I saw few birds other than......
The Frescanti
Sts,—Mr. Reynolds, in his article The Frescanti in the Spectator of March 4th, remarks that "Dryasdust in the person of Sir Harris Nicholas [sid" implied that such an event as......
Scientific Poaching It Has Surprised Many Observers To...
rabbits, which have been restoring their numbers in some districts, are disappearing in others: Round one country house, for example, in North Devon, you could count them by the......
Two Views Of The Premier
Sus,—In A Spectator's Notebook of March 4th I read: —Daily Mail : "Mr. Attlee intends to lead the election battle and then retire from active politics." Janus: " I do not......
Norfolk Birds Last Year In Norfolk Sanctuaries Several...
spent their days in saving the nests of terns and waders from marauders or careless crowds. One of these, Mr. Gaze, who showed me some of the nesting treasures, used spare......
How To Double Your Train
SIR,—The experience of A. A. Mowat with the muddy young man in his first-class compartment was an unhappy one. I was disappointed to learn that British Railways could be coldly......
Spectator Spring Book Number 44 Pages
The first Spring Book Supplement of THE SPECTATOR to be published since 1939 will appear in next week's issue, 25th March. Readers requiring copies of this issue, should place......
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