... UNDOUBTEDLY at the top of the tree in the fighter-day bomber class-- and likely to stay there for some time-- is the D.H. Mosquito. A whole host of features other than the merely technical ones combine to make the Mosquito a machine of unrivalled interest. in uie nrsr place, it was rne private venture of a private firm, sandwiched in by its makers almost as a spare-time job in the intervals of ...

... MYSELF AT THE PICTURES Three Films By James Agate WILL somebody please tell me who is Mr. William Saroyan and what he has written? The author of a recently published book on the American critic George Jean Nathan remarks: Nathan has dis covered or has been among the first to lend impetus to the reception of such widely different dramatists as Eugene O'Neill, Sean O'Casey, the earlier Paul ...

... What happens when an irresistible force meets a not-too-resisting object The mocking seduction scene on the sofa in Noel Coward's Present Laughter supplies the answer. Judy Campbell is the conquering siren, Noel Coward the amenable actor and amorist. This flippant, witty comedy alternates at the Haymarket with This Happy Breed, a study of suburban life and humours, in which Judy Campbell casts ...

... *^4 By Sabretache /In Illustrious Amphibian I BELIEVE I am the only First Lord to have done this! In my humble submission, m'lud, not quite! Your lordship has omitted to remember Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., who, as may be recalled, rose to the giddy eminence of his office by so diligently polishing up the brass knobs on his employer's big front door. Of course, your lordship's achievement in ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen Difficult Scot I WAS glad to meet in the forefront of this month's new books my old friend-- and yours, perhaps?-- Humphry Clinker. This novel having been first published in 1771, you may wonder how it can possibly rank as new. The thing is, that here is old wine in a sound new bottle: Humphry Clinker is the latest fiction addition to Everyman's Library (J. M. Dent; 3s. ...

... The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Lack Page U. Roy Henry Lack, R.N.V.R., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Lack, of Chads-worth Cock- fosters Herts., married Pauline Page, only daughter of Mr. A. W. Page and the late Mrs. F. Page of West Point, Luton, Beds. Butler-Henderson Clarke P/0. Patrick Butler-Henderson, R.A.F.V.R., second son of Hon. Eric and the Hon. Mrs. Butler- Henderson, of ...

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... I 1 THERE are few large farms in Derbyshire, but many family-sized properties and same 3400 part-time holdings. Excluding holdings under 20 acres, there are 5012 farms in the county, and of these 3502 are less than 100 acres. In the county of stone walls the smallholder and the small farmer are playing a fine part in British agriculture's miraculous recovery. The war has intensified rather ...

... Having in the Jordan Valley A FORTNIGHT ago we published pictures from the cattle market at Aleppo, where the Royal Army Veterinary Corps are teaching many of the Arabs something about the care of animals. These pictures are from Palestine, in the Jordan Valley, where, in one of the hottest and driest spots in the world, the British Army has made a forage farm. War, at least when British ...

... feflhe Derby SILVER RING CROWD watching the Coventry Stakes, icon by Miss Paget' s colt, Orestes. The Ditch on the far side of the coarse was lined with spectators who chose the open side of the Ilcath. GETTING THEIR MONEY READY, the long stream of spectators nearly all of whom had walked or cycled to the course, including a strong contingent of Servicemen from U.S.A., Australia and elsewhere. ...

... MOSS BROS? MOSS BROS L- JQDHPURS Breeches Sc complete Riding Outfits Horse lovers still manage to get their riding, and so keep fit -fi to do their bit. They may be glad to know that we still supply most items of Riding Kit Riding Boots and also Saddlery. For Officers in the Ser vices we have a full range of fittings in ready-for- wear Service breeches and Field Boots. Naval, Military, R.A.F. ...

... FIRST PICTURES FROM THE ISLAND OF PANTELLARIA The First Enemy Position Ever to Surrender as the Result of Air Power Alone These vivid pictures show the terrific pounding to which the island in the Sicilian Narrows was subjected by the Allied Air Forces, the landing of the first British aircraft on the battered aerodrome and the scenes of devastation which greeted our troops as they landed to ...