Village Amenities
Those who lament that we are far more dependent upon others for our amusements than our ancestors were might find a little consolation from the study of village-life in some of......
In The Garden
There is one pleasing result of spring's late start. Some flowers are now appearing at their normal time, but others, due several weeks ago. are just at their best, and so there......
Country Life
UNTIL mid-May is well past the crop Is never safe. From ti. point of view therefore, unsettled weather is an advantage. So we are glad to welcome "Folkestone ladies" from our......
A Changing Scene The View I Command From My Windows
changes from Moment to moment. At one time the air is. full of house-martins ; then later on none are to be seen. On the ground at one time the garden seems to be full of......
Parish Magazines
SIR, —May I say how much I appreciate the sections of the Spectator which deal with "Reviews of the Week" and "Contemporary Arts"? It is no small compensation for having almost......
Guidance At Ebbw Vale
SIR,—Comment on Janus—in his final paragraph in the Spectator of May 4th—is certainly not impossible ; but for my part it is comment of regret and surprise that he should so......
A Strange Piece Of Country
The other evening a friend and I ascended the steep western slope of our valley. A strange new world opens out at the top on a well- wooded uninhabited plateau, four hundred......
Prices In France
was much interested in Dr. Glyn- Daniel's article, Prices in France. Having just returned from a Mciforing holiday in France, I And myself in complete agreement with hint: ' In......