Nocturne
A midsummer night in our English countryside, when the twilight never quite fades, and the inward lampglow of the flowers dies away only after dawn, is something that eludes......
Manufactured Imports
Sirs,—The Mercantilists used to teach: " Import only raw materials; export only manufactured goods," and, even with-free trade, the country has managed- to stick fairly -close......
Newsreels And Politics
Sts,—Bearing in mind the enormous influence of the cinema on the minds of a large part of the public, I am driven to register a very deter- mined protest against this week's......
Foreign Tags
Sin,—C an you inform the public why writers and editors interject Latin or other foreign language into their writingi, e.g., page 55 of The Spectator of July 19th, 1946,......
In My Garden Now That All The Soft Fruit Is
gathered and bottled, the immediate task is to tidy up round the bushes, cutting down the lush green of weeds ready for digging in with what potash we can muster from bonfire or......
Football Pools' Mailing Lists
Ste,—As a pendant to Janus's remarks about Vernon's Pools, I feel I should record the following:—I was released from the R.A.F. in the middle of June. Within less than a month I......
This Is The Familiar Month
I suppose everybody finds that at about the end of July the hedgerow, the field and woodland take on a particular familiarity. The meadow with its sudden crop of ragwort,......
Country Life
I AM reluctant to go for a walk during these weeks while the tall corn is standing, because the Corgi who always accompanies me takes an idiot's delight in breaking through the......
A Programme For India
SIR,— Reading Brigadier Brayne's article, A New Rural India, recalled to my mind the numerous A.B.C.A. discussions based on his books and pamphlets about rural uplift which I......
The Other Herod
Snt,—Janus compares Mr. John Strachey's " abolishing the category of children of under one year " with the action of Herod the Tetrarch. It Was not the Tetrarch, Herod Antipas,......
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