... By Urtica I AM sixty-seven years of age and I want to give less time to public affairs and more to my garden. Thus spoke Lord Vansittart recently to a friend. It was not so much a decision as a wish, for Van will never cut himself free from the chariot of world events. He was christened Robert Gilbert but was always called d Van, even (behind his back, of course) by the young _\5j ...

... Britannia eve JULY 1949 I MAURICE DEKOBRA HARRY J. GREENWALL JANE GORDON HIST^QRIClL ROMANCES By^jl MATTHEW WITH j^M COMPLETE HOME j AND FASHION^ SECTlON^g^jf .jj A,;' A AT ?v .'v. v by Malcolm Haylett s Cover Design ...

... ySl^9WdSL fSjQ !^Kr Wm£ vffife ^Kr ^B; rWMKl V X, MORE books about cricket have been written than about any other British sport. The value of pic tures and prints concerning cricket is as great as, if not greater than, the value of pictures and prints of horse racing, yet nobody has ever suggested holding an exhibition of cricket pictures. Purses for prize fighters figure prominently in the ...

... By Kenneth. Ullyett PAUL LARTHE, Stefan Descartes and Franky Schweidt do not carry any of the usual earmarks of heroes. Yet every day they wind their way up Thunder Mountain, never knowing for certain if there will be a safe return to their pink-and-white chalets, their prim pensions and the sedate Taponica-festooned villas they know as Home. You see, they are working on an experiment, the ...

... Kf f 7 Ik Vl Mi (l/jjt TEA out of doors on an August afternoon conjures up visions of coolness and elegant ease in a shady corner of the garden or somewhere upstream, moored to a willow bank. But reality, often presents I K£| undreamt-of irritations amongst which midges and non-boiling kettles are not the least. The right |PQ^> equipment, however, can go a long way towards ensuring the success ...

... GOLDSMITHS SI LVERSM ITHS COMPANY LTD GOLDSMITHS SI LVERSM ITHS COMPANY LTD 112 REGENT STREET LONDON Wl NO BRANCH ESTABLISHMENT ANYWHERE TELEPHONE REGENT 3021 Britannia Eve for A ugust, 1949 if I Finer Spoons Forks J 11 m 1 F\ he Canteen illustrated is representative |1 ft k ill of the gradually improving stock of If 1 nittmi Spoons, Forks and Cutlery, both plain jli Jl iI and fancy patterns, ...

... Royal Welsh Agricultura Society W INNING GROUP Mr. J. M. Jenkins group of four Black Cattle was awarded the Edward Prince of Wales Cup Neuadd Idwal, Caran Tilly Neuadd Mair and Caran Shan 2nd. 1 ■im MTtr *vxi 1 1 t SUPREME CHAMPION FEMALE: Mr. W. H. Slater's Ayrshire cow, Eyton Vary 28.2.'42 Sire, Bargower Rothesay Bay dam, Netherhall Marina. Bred by exhibitor. CLUN FOREST RAM LAMBS: The ...

... Winners -and Losers at The Dublin Horse Show THE general picture of Eire's splendid function is that of good attendances, some fine performances, and real Irish exuberance over the successes, not only of the Irish team in the Inter national contest, but over the individual successes of Mr. Galway-Greer, from Dunboyne, and of Lieut.-Col. D. J. Corry, who captained the Irish team. Mr. Galway- ...

... By Stewart Harris IT was in the big room of the London Wool Exchange in Coleman Street. Demand was weak and bidding strangely slack, the lots were small and never-ending, and progress through the catalogue interminably slow. Suddenly from the auctioneer, desper ate and dry in the mouth, ''Come on, let's get the bidding over and we'll all go out for a drink. And so they did both things, ...

... Who Will Bid Half a Million Yearlings for Doncaster MESSRS. TATTERSAIX'S Doncaster Yearling Sales, due to be held in St. Leger week, are limited to 383 lots. The principal English and Irish studs will all be represented, and indications are that the aggregate turnover will exceed ^500,000. Photographs of some of the yearlings are shown here, and on following pages. The majority of those ...

... Gleanings from the 14th Inter national Veterinary Congress By Forceps SEVERAL of the points made in these pages a fortnight ago, under the head ing'' Veterinary Science Offers a Short Cut to More Food, were stressed or elabora ted at the recent International Congress held in London. Thus, Lord Boyd Orr expressed the view that ''if the control of animal diseases could be organised on a world ...

... PAGEANTRY, a regular feature of the big shows all this season gave the casual visitors extra value for their money. THE COUNTESS OF DERBY, representing the great Stanley family, linked with Lancashire for centuries, presented prizes. WINNING AYRSHIRES Mr. Thos. Udale of Wellington, Salop, and his three winning exhibits. SHIRE COLT-FOAL Exhibited by the well-known firm of J. and W. Whewell. The ...