... i. New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Persia-- And Hope for Civilisation.-- U.N.O. was, essen tially, created to represent public opinion-- the opinions of 1,000,000,000 common men united in their detesta tion of war and in their desire for justice and some relic of liberty for nations and individuals. When U.N.O. 's wheels began to turn, the running was not always smooth, and soon enough critics came ...

... SUNSHINE AT ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR The King and Queen, Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret leaving the chapel after attending the marriage of Major Edward Renton (the Black Watch) and of Miss Lavinia Lascelles, elder daughter of Sir Alan Lascelles, the King's Private Secretary. Standing just behind Queen Mary is the Earl of Harewood, cousin of Sir Alan Lascelles. On the right ...

... The first meeting of the U.N.O. Security Council in its temporary headquarters n Ne York took place in an atmosphere of quiet optimism, the sense of crisis that had p evaile in United Nations circles being temporarily dispelled by the news of Russia's decision I withdraw from Persia and Stalin's outspoken support of the new world organisation, Tfi quiet optimism, however, was rapidly dispelled ...

... A Saturday night raid in May 1 941 completely destroyed the Chamber of the House of Commons, although to all outward appearances the Houses of Parliament seemed undamaged. Members of the House of Lords at once expressed sympathy in practical fashion by moving to the Royal Gallery and leaving their Chamber for the Members of the Commons. Meanwhile, plans were drawn up for rebuilding the Commons ...

... Events in Manchuria crowd upon each other so confusingly that it is difficult to keep track of the meaning and purpose of all that takes place. During March, however, it was evident that the Russian occupation forces were on the move, and in belated accordance with their agreement with the Chinese, the city of Mukden was eventually evacuated but not before large numbers of factories had been ...

... The erection of scaffolding for carrying out repairs to the slightly bomb- damaged Chapel of Henry the Seventh in Westminster Abbey, provides an oppor tunity for the camera to record the elaborate beauty of the architecture, so superb in its wealth of sculptural detail. The fabric of the Chapel was subjected to heavy blast from a bomb which fell in neighbourins Old Palace Yard, but for ...

... PERSIA, the cockpit of the Middle East, is almost entirely unknown to the average Englishman. In actual fact, it is bounded on the north by the Caspian Sea and the Caucasian and Turkestan territories of the U.S.S.R., on the south by the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea, on the east by Afghanistan and Baluchistan, and on the west by Turkey and Iraq. Its area is about 628,000 square miles in ...

... The high-speed camera, adjusted to speeds of i/io,oooth of a second, is a never-failing source of inter est, and in the past The Sphere has often reproduced records of what the camera sees but the eye is not quick enough to appreciate. This latest series comes from New York, and the cameraman has shown exactly what hap pens at the moment of im pact when various household objects are dropped to ...

... YY/hile the rest of the world watched and wondered at the activities of the Russians in Europe and Asia, and there was every sign of a mounting crisis, the first good news for weeks came from Bornholm, in the Baltic, when it became known that the Russians had started tKeir evacuation of this Danish island which they took over from the Germans in May 1945. It was felt that the departure from ...

... With the approach of her sixteenth birthday Princess Margaret is making increasing appear ances in public, and last week she fulfilled her first solo public engagement when she visited two junior clubs under the control of the Save the Children Fund at St. Pancras and Bethnal Green. At the St. Pancras Club, known as the Hopscotch Inn, the Princess was given an enthusiastic welcome by the ...

... There is no doubt that a planetarium is much needed in London, and since the matter has been raised in Parliament, it is clear that there is enthusiastic support for the project. It appears that the German firm of Zeiss, whose Jena factories are in the Russian Zone of occupation, has in the past enjoyed a monopoly in the production of the delicate ann rnmnliraten instruments neressarv fnr ...

... EIRE LAND OF PLENTY Prime cuts of bacon and new-laid eggs at 2s. 8d. a dozen adorn a Dublin shop window. A picture that evidences the current food position in Southern Ireland, where butchers, grocers, and fruit merchants display every type of merchandise. Bacon, butter, and sugar are all rationed, but the allowance in each case is generous, and far in excess of that allowed in Britain. During ...