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... By JOYCE DENNYS. MY DEAR ROBERT-- When I heard that you and Bill and the Linnet's Philip were all going to be home for Christmas, I knew there was a catch in it somewhere. All the same, it did seem the sort of occasion one has been waiting for all through the war, and when they rang up from the farm to say that the Turkey, which we had booked from the egg, had suddenly passed away, I felt ...

... . By ALAN KEMP. As You Were There are two schools of thought about New Year. Some look forward and some look back. Which school you belong to rather depends upon your age. But even for the young and green there is a certain thrill, this year, in casting the mind back for twelve months. Things were not so bright and beauti ful in January 1945. True, the tide had turned and the im possible had ...

... . 4geing fop, vain, absurd and pretentious, ROBERT MORLEY'S Prinny in The First Gentleman at the Savoy is yet a royal figure. He plays brilliantly a character which fits him like a glove, gives him plenty of scope for his own particular talent, and for which Norman Ginsbury has found new and attractive facets. SPECIALLY DRAWN FOR THE SKETCH BY GRANT MACDONALD. ...

... r .* BY WARDEN LEDGE. YOUNG Melsanby, specialising in ecclesiastical architecture, had obtained his articles when the war took him. Invalided from the Royal Engineers, he soon found a job: assistant to the architect's office, Dean and Chapter, Barham Cathedral. Old Wakelyn, the architect, personally and gradually, took him round the fabric. The tour was methodical first, the exterior next, ...

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... Tempering the Tost -war Wind There are bound to be gaps in those luxurious central-heating our comforts this winter notions for which Regent Street through which post-war winds was famous in peace time may whistle. But you will have not yet returned. We do always find some practical promise, however, that we can device at Austin Reed's to help do something to keep the to stop the draughts. ...

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... . has a dramatic part in Jan de Hartog's Death of a Rat, a play with four characters which opened last week at the Lyric, Hammersmith. The setting is Amsterdam just before the German occupation. Alastair Sim, Robert Harris and Terry Morgan are in the cast. Pamela made her name in Claudia at the St. Martin's. She has played Ophelia to Robert Helnmann's Hamlet the lead in Jean Jacques ...

... MOTLEY NOTES. By ALAN KEMP. Told Off. A subject which demands the most serious attention of the Government is the very alarming and increasing insecurity of the Railroads. The Queen has re peatedly spoken and written about this, but she thinks that nothing has yet been done by Government which tends to remedy this most alarming subject. Legislation is applied to every possible sub ject, but ...

... By JOYCE DENNYS. MY DEAR ROBERT-- The Amateur Dramatic Society is reviving Love's Bliss, the play where I have to kiss Mr. Savernack three times. As soon as Mr. Savernack heard the news he came rushing round to our house with a hunted expression on his face. You 've heard the news, I suppose he said, eyeing me with unconcealed dislike. That is one of the sad things about having to do this ...