On Spending A Penny
Sat,—Twenty years ago, my son, aged six, and my daughter, aged four, both needed for the first time in towel " to spend a penny." I -pressed the penny into my son's palm, and......
Not Worth A Straw
A straw, they say, shows which way the wind blows. I use straw on my little property for many other purposes than mattressing straw- berries, but for the first time over many......
Ministry Of Education Grants
Sia.—The National Union of Students views the Ministry of Education circular 242 with very considerable conbern, not only because of specific points contained therein, but more......
"the Guardian " Sir,—i Should Like To Know If It
is not self-righteous, and safer, to hit a man when he cannot reply, after previous praise?—Yours faithfully, ALBAN F. L. BACON. The Malt House, Burghclere, Newbury', Berks.......
Country Life
ONE result of dyeing the tail-feathers of the wild geese caught in rocket nets by the Severn Wildfowl Trust on the Dumbles has been to discover the extreme variability of their......
Time Spans •
Silt,—Referring to Mr. Pardey's record in your issue of December 7th, I am able to claim an even longer record. My grandfather (who was baptised and married at St. Margaret's......
Winter Thunderstorms
My mention of a thunderstorm in late November upsetting the birds provoked a comment as to whether winter thunderstorms are not abnormal. Possibly, but what of the following......
Piquet Records
SIR,—When playing Piquet last week there occurred, in the first two consecutive parties, a carte blanche, a pique, a repique, a capote and a rubjoon. Does this constitute a......
In The Garden
Though I have not yet been challenged, I think I was mistaken in my autumn note that the clematis flammula or Maiden's Bower, belonging not among the ten main groups_ but to the......
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