5 MARCH 1948, page 14

Directional Grains Some Allusion To The Varying Growth Of...

trunks on the North and South sides has recalled to a correspondent the experience of an old crafts- man and carver. His work chiefly consisted in preparing oak for half-......

Exhibitions

Ideal Home Exhibition. (Olympia). THE war seems to have changed little in the English home. There is no sign of any radical change in taste and no suggestion that we are ripe......

Rhythmic Lapses A Distinguished Don Has Amused Himself At...

by discovering unconscious verses in the most prosaic quarters. One of his latest should interest farmers. The account of a newly discovered drug that strangely affects the much......

Country Life

THE New Forest today, like the Nottingham forests of old, has become a refuge for those who may be called outlaws ; but in respect of the nature of these displaced persons the......

In The Garden It Is Generally Agreed That The February

frosts have done good service by preventing a too early spring, since it is the late frost that does the harm. All this is true ; but a number of flowers and bushes have......

The Exhibition Of British Film Art At The Victoria And

Albert merits a visit not only because it illustrates the immense labour involved in the making of a picture, but also because the exhibits are so delightful in themselves.......

Music

DR. WILHELM FURTWANGLER conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the first of a series of concerts at Covent Garden on February 29th. There were two symphonies, Schumann......

Winterers Winter Homes Are Many And Various. A Very Fine

peacock butterfly has been showing himself off in my study for a week or two. Doubtless in the way of his tribe he had entered the house to hibernate and been awakened by the......