Opera
" La Traviata." At Sadler's Wells. Wrrti the revival of La Traviata last week Sadler's Wells has completed its presentation of the three masterpieces of Verdi's first maturity.......
A Bird Controversy A Good Deal Of Rather Vague Vapouring
about feeding and protecting birds has been heard of late, and some " distinctions that are plain and few" may be usefully recalled. To agricul- ture in general just two species......
Art
Art For and By the People THE British Institute of Adult Education is going to do a good deal for art this year. It has already organised an exhibition of contemporary art at......
A Red Rarity
Among several rather surprising requests that have reached me this week is one from Canada, asking for a graft or even a few seeds of " the bloody Turk," which is a cider apple......
Country Life
Candide's Recruits Never within my memory have quite so many women and children been seen at work on allotments, though the number of new allotments has not been increased as it......
Garden Survivors
Among the garden plants that have not been killed by the frosts are two which many people regard as at best tender. One is a passion flower that adorns a south-east wall ; the......