12 JANUARY 1974, page 17

The Good Life

Sung, though not honoured Pamela Vandyke Price During the darker of my school days I would try and hope that the grown-up world wasn't whollY dominated by f . . fools and ih . .......

Country Life

Cold comfort Peter Quince It is always a relief when a spell of damp, muddy weather suddenly gives way to days of hard frost and clear skies. The most tolerant of us grow......