... MR. MARTIN BENSON'S £60,000 stallion, Nearco, corning out of the deposit safe. Nearco, unbeaten, winner of 1,005,50° l're 'n Italy, and of the French Grand Prix of 1,152,800 francs, stands at Mr._ Benson's luxury stud near Newmarket. Too valuable to be exposed to war risks, he is housed at night in a specially constructed dug-out. The dug-out is spacious and scientifically ventilated water and ...

... Hardy Annuals Lots of Flowers for Little Trouble By Our Horticultural^Correspondent In the Garden IF there is one type of flower which has received greater attention than any other during war time it is the hardy annual. And with good reason, for it includes some of the most beautiful and easily grown plants which make up a typical English garden. In addition, the hardy annual is inexpensive, ...

... THE reflection is forced upon one, in pessi mistic moments, that British farmers are still suffering from an inferiority com plex, as a result of years of injustice and stupidity. There was an example the other day of a small farmer who allowed himself to be ad monished by a local committee for having lent a machine to a neighbour-- a practice which is not only encouraged. but advocated by the ...

... By Our Flying Correspondent IN peace time the presentation to Parliament of the annual Air Estimates was made the occasion of a full statement of the strength of the Service and for scrutiny and criticism of any or every branch of Royal Air Force work. Last week the conditions were very different. Sir Archibald Sinclair could only give a general picture of what had been and was being achieved. ...

... At one time George Formby, the darling of the provinces wasn't the West End's meat at all. But his last film, Let George Do It, j t changed all that and even won over America. As an ambitious war reserve policeman, toothy George clowns and strums his way through ''' the latest film at the New Gallery, backed up by an able cast, including (shown above) the Three Ginx. His well-intentioned ...

... Debutantes Dancing At Queen Charlotte's Birthday Dinner- Dance at' Grosvenor House The Hon. Rosemary Scott-Ellis and Archduke Robert of Austria Miss Mary Churchill, the Premier's daughter, and a friend ThiS WaS the ng-oul ball for most of the 1941 debutantes Miss Anne Rea and Miss Ann Upton 1 jyiisa While the worst blitz since December raged over London (on Saturday, March 8th) nearly a ...

... Opera on Tour Scenes from the Sadler's Wells Repertoire Photographs by T unbridge-Sedgwick rS--s**- flS f- r> lS ..mire, FIGARO Susanna is Joan Collier also sometimes Janet Hamilton- Smith) Cherubino is Rose Morris, and the Countess is Joan Cross. Tyrone -Guthrie is responsible for the neiv, small-scale production of 44 The Marriage °f Figaro which has John Hargreaves as Figaro, Sumner ...

... -^4 By Sabretache Lightning Promotion ALTHOUGH it has been said that every soldier carries a Field-Marshal's baton in his knapsack, it is doubtful whether there are many instances of promotion from private to C.O. inside of twenty-four hours. Here is one actual happening, and the subject of it is Lieut. -Gen. Sir R. N. O'Connor, who was in a front seat in the stalls in all these recent ...

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... THE HOME OF AN ISLAND INDUSTRY In the far-off Outer Hebride despite the turmoil of war the high standard of craftsmanship asso- m dated with Harris ad Tweed is being J|H jealously main HARRIS TWEED TO protect the interest of the islanders and to guard against imitations of spurious origin the Harris Tweed Trade Mark has been registered by order of the Board of Trade. All Tweed which bears the ...