... . A Swedish Maj Britt, a brilliant skating ballerina, performs all the modem dances on the ice, including the rumba. She has appeared in Swedish films, and now producer George King has signed her up for London on a long-term contraet, her first film being scheduled for June. In the near future Maj hopes to give exhibitions in London. [Photographed by ANTONY BEAUCHAMP.] ...

... 724 YEARS AGO REFORMS. Priceless copy of the reissued Magna Carta, carefully preserved and returned to the British Museum after a two-year loan to the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 724 YEARS HENCE FORMS? Will the endless stacks of the Forms of to-day be treated 1 with such reverence and interest 721 years hence ...

... . BUILT by Lord Burlington in 1735, No. 14, Savilc Row, was once the home of playwright Richard Brinslcy Sheridan, who died here in 1 816, a poor man, with creditors thirsting for his blood. Now it is owned by Hardy Amies, who, with great feeling for the period, has altered it hardly at all and the house keeps its eighteenth-century elegance. During the I week beginning January 24, the Big Ten ...

... . COMPARING yesterday with to-day isn't as intriguing as it might be with austerity at its peak. But here we can enjoy it. Logsdail's painting of dear, dirty, Victorian London in 1888 is on view at Burlington House in the C.hantrey Collection show. Its hansom-cab, 44 growler, flower-girl, lamp-posts, have all dis appeared, and in the photograph taken from the same aspect last week the ...

... ^AAetcA-fflocA fC BEVERLEY BAXTER. THIS is the first time in 1949 that I have had the honour of addressing you, nor am I unconscious of my moral responsibility. A new year is like a blank page. There it is before you-- I mean the page-- white, virginal, innocent. No split infinitive has marred its sweet nothingness, no sentence has been written to justify the taunt that the author has just ...

... I MISS SKETCH'S DATE -BOOK. 10 January 5, 1949 i IImM J :T January 5, 1949--11 1 m 1 K|ZS3E|^S3^S3^H ...

... . A MEETING and exchange of salutes between the Flag Officer commanding the First Cruiser Squadron Rear-Admiral Viscount Mountbatten of Burma and Vice- Admiral Forrest F. Sherman, commanding the U.S. Sixth Task Fleet, took place recently. Naval aircraft of the 13th and 14th Carrier Air Groups from H.M.S. Triumph and H.M.S. Ocean and U.S. naval aircraft from the U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

... A matching jacket with a flared peplum lined with tiers of frilled net, partners Frederick Starke's exciting white satin broche evening gown. Under the jacket, gauged net fills a low decolletagc and lustrous satin sweeps in dramatic folds from waist to hemline. Hugh White Studios ...

... . HERE are some aspects of the official houses of the Prime Minister of Great Britain and the President of the United States paralleled up for interest. The actual origin of No. 10, Downing Street, is a little obscure. Originally, with other houses on the site, it formed part of a building called 44 The Great House,'* which was cut up into sections. George II. gave No. 10 for life to Baron ...

... . EXCITING thrills, breath-taking sus pense of circus and pantomime here are those who bring it to you as they swish across the stage on wires, or catch hands in mid-air. The Flying Witch Janet Webster in 44 Where the Rainboic Ends 44 at the Cambridge Theatre. The Flying Ballet in 44 Cinderella at the London Palladium. Peter Pan and Wendy fly through the air Joan Jlopkins and Judith Stott in ...

... By Alan Melville THERE is a tavern on Cambridge Circus which lies more or less equidistant between five famous theatres, and as a result is much patronised by the Thespians employed therein. It is worth a visit, if only to observe with awe the efficiency by which actors can be seen downing a pint of old and mild up to within thirty seconds of the time of their first entrance on the stage some ...

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO AND WE APPLAUD JINX FALKENBURG'S descent on a bag of air-lift coal down the chute of Berlin's Tempelhof airport was speeded by Bob Hope (right) and Irving Berlin (left of the picture). The trio were in Berlin for the Christmas enter tainment of U.S. air-lift personnel and American troops stationed in the capital. SENIOR UNDER-OFFICER R. N. H. VICKERS achieved an unusual ...