Country Life
By IAN NIALL As the years pass, haymaking in the valley farms loses all resemblance to the traditional picture of grass harvest. Gone are those lines of sun-bonneted swath-......
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MARROWS A marrow is mostly admired on a show bench, but here and there a good cook, produces one In appetising form and justifies the growing of two °r three to be esteemed not......
The Ram
On the first morning I saw him looking through , my neighbour's hedge I immediately thought of som e sort of buffalo. He seemed the biggest ram 1 het ever seen and was equipped......
Spectator Crossword No. 949
ACROSS 1 Does he trade in counterparts, the deceitful fellow? (6, 6) 9 Where to meet a girl at bar (9). 10 Nutritious porridge for the sober (5). 11 To get a West Country......
Dawdling Ducklings
When almost over the hump of the little bridge I saw that my way was blocked by a duck crossi n g the road. She waddled forward and then went back a yard. I should have noticed......
Chess
(1st Prize, Van Dijk Memorial Tourney, 1956) BLACK (12 men) WHITE (7 nico) wnirs to play and mate in two moves: solutions next week. Solution to last week's problem by Williams:......