From the Guardian archive
Country diary 1949: The sickening sight of a gamekeeper’s gibbet
8 October 1949: Strung out in rows along the edge of a wood were the remains of stoats, weasels, and other so-called vermin
‘Mr Rossiter says he is good at madmen’: Leonard Rossiter interviewed by the Guardian in 1969 – from the archives
17 July 1969: The actor talks about his role as Hitler in Brecht’s Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, and his career so far
Archive, 1978: Israeli triple thrust rips into Lebanon
Was tired Boris Yeltsin asleep or was he legless in Limerick? – archive, 1994
Kris Kristofferson: the gritty voice of experience – archive, 1972
Country diary 1924: Are red legs really an advantage for waders?
The gift of Scafell Pike – archive, 1919
27 September 1919: The top of the mountain is one of those marvellous places where even we common people may get a momentary entry into the ecstasies of the poets
Country diary 1924: No mercy shown to the stoat and weasel
25 September 1924: They are ferocious beasts, the greatest of all the pests on which the keeper wages war
Country diary 1974: A rain sodden week of munro bagging
16 September 1974: In six days there were only two human encounters on the tops, plus four hinds spotted on Am Bodach
On the Waterfront review: ‘self-assured realism’ – archive, 1954
11 September 1954: The film has the force of a crime report with the precision of a work of craftsmanship
Country diary 1924: Does the yew deserve its bad name?
12 September 1924: Its leaves are said to poison cattle; its wood so toxic that drinking vessels of yew have been responsible for many deaths
Archive, 1929: The bullfight in Spain today
8 September 1929: It is arrant nonsense to suggest that the bloody orgy of Spain’s Sundays and fiestas is on the wane
Country diary 1974: End in sight for the bracken empire
7 September 1974: Ten years hence the fern should be back to what it was a century ago, a plant more of the woodlands than of open ground
Dancing in London: getting the best value for money – archive, 1929
30 August 1929: The most interesting dances are at the cheap places where people are not always thinking what they look like
Oasis: Definitely Maybe reviewed – archive, 1994
Country diary 1949: The reek of burning peat spreads over the village
The Fellowship of the Ring reviewed: ‘epic romance’ – archive, 1954
20 August 1954: The first volume of a trilogy in which Mr Tolkien is to tell the history of the ‘The War of the Ring’
Country diary 1974: A green flush of tiny plants has appeared
20 August 1974: They appear to be chiefly pineapple-weed, nettles, fat hen and great plantain – all typical hangers-on of man
British troops sent into Northern Ireland – archive, 1969
On 14 August 1969, the British government deployed troops on the streets of Northern Ireland to restore public order after weeks of violent sectarian rioting
Archive, 1936: Fascist march on Cable Street stopped after disorderly scenes
5 October 1936 Eighty four arrested and many hurt as a procession led by Sir Oswald Mosley through the heart of London’s Jewish quarter was met and opposed by a huge crowd
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