9 NOVEMBER 1974, page 13

History In Print

Bill Grundy Since I am not a great lover of coffee, I don't have much use M r coffee tables. Which is a PO' because it means I've got nowhe re to put a book that's come my......

Patron Saints

Denis Wood At the last meeting of the Gardeners' Committee of the Conspirators' Club, General Jacqueminot said, "We are on the eve of November 1, All Saints' Day, when the......

Scientific Potterer

Bernard Dixon A hundred years ago next week, on November 15, 1874, one of my heroes was born. His name was August Krogh, 'and he was one of the last of the great scientific......