... By Urtica I AM sixty-seven years of age and I want to give less time to public affairs and more to my garden. Thus spoke Lord Vansittart recently to a friend. It was not so much a decision as a wish, for Van will never cut himself free from the chariot of world events. He was christened Robert Gilbert but was always called d Van, even (behind his back, of course) by the young _\5j ...

... . Lovely, intelligent and challenging, Hannelore Scroth is a rising star in the Viennese film world. She plays the lead in a psychological thriller 44 Lambert Senses Danger now in production in Vienna. Her stage experience includes Shakespearean parts. ...

... . THE Toy Theatre beloved of Victorian children has quite come back into its own. At the Mansard Gallery recently an invited audience watched a thriller specially written for the nutshell stage by J. B. Priestley The High Toby. It is a swashbuckling highwayman affair of the early eighteenth century, with leisurely lords, rowdy roughs, lovely ladies, and that gallant gentleman of the road, ...

... By Alan Melville IT has long been our contention that Mr. Jasper Maskelyne and his illusionist colleagues and competitors should not have the monopoly of magic in the theatre. In every theatre, whether it be Drury Lane or the Drill Hall, Darlington, when the house lights dim and the curtain rises, there should be magic-- or at least the promise of it-- in the air. It is a sorely-neglected ...

... MISS SKETCH'! fA E-BOOK. JAN. 27. A night out for the Big Ten Fashion Designers, who gave foreign buyers a gala supper in the crush-bar of Covent Garden after seeing the 44 Cinderella ballet. Lady Dudley, seen with Mr. David Webster, has been acting hostess for the Society of Dress Designers for her sister Lady Rothermere, its President, during her absence abroad. JAN. 27. Here is a pic ture ...

... RHODES SCHOLARS ARE BACK AT OXFORD WITH THEIR WIVES. IN 1902 Cecil Rhodes bequeathed the bulk of his vast fortune to sending young men from overseas to Oxford every year, hoping they would return to their own countries as ambassadors for Britain, the Empire and the English- speaking world. At Oxford University to-day these ambassadors number 329 210 Scholars, 81 wives and 38 children. The ...

... 1 TO the films, animated cartoons are what strip- i cartoons are to the newspapers a fillip. Walt Disney's technique has been tops so far, but a possible rival arrives in Leonard Levinson. He calls his company Impossible Pictures, Inc., and laughter begins when his secretary answers I 'phone calls with This is Impossible. His method: invent an absurd Travelogue of obscure imaginary countries, ...

... V-&Mk JENNIFER, BRIDGET, (f A FRANCES ELIZABETH I Weight ft. 8) ozs. We ere proud to announce that the Dec. 14 17 lbs. beautiful Bristol Quads, born on Weiiht aeFblrthC4 H l JUOe ,2th ,948> are bein fed on Weight bir* 46ib, C Gate Mj|k Food BR,PGBT be steady gain in weight shown Weight birth^ 3 13 ots antj the splendid vitality of Mr. and JENNIFER Mrs. Good's four lovely little Weight at ...

... THE POPE, PRECEDED BY THE CROSS-BEARER, ENTERS THE HALL OF THE CONSISTORY AT THE APOSTOLIC PALACE: The special secret Consistory was attended by sixteen Italian members of the College of Cardinals. Last week Pope Pius XII delivered his allocution, protesting against the life sentence imposed on Cardinal Mindszenty. His Holiness emphasised that foreigners unsympathetic towards the Hungarian ...

... Why The famous Red Ring returns a decoration won for distinguished conduct in the field of endurance and safety and, more than that, a mark of pride in craftsmanship and of confidence in the road performance of the Finest Tyres Made. (flipy V The are the Finest Tyres Made INDIA Tyres are designed and built on a highly advanced principle BALANCED CONSTRUC TION whereby tread, sidewall and ...

... OR THE FIRST TIME IN EIGHTEEN YEARS THE GUARD DUTIES AT WINDSOR HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY A LINE REGIMENT The 1st Battalion the Shropshire Light Infantry relieving the Life Guards at the Castle. The latter have been doing temporary ^duty at Windsor following the departure of the Grenadier Guards for Malaya, where they are now on active service. This picture shows the new guard and the old guard ...

... J^efore the invention of printing, in the days of manuscript Bibles, psalters and Books of Hours, bookbinding was performed largely by monks who prepared the books up to a certain point ready for the goldsmith and jeweller. Works of this character, including the seventh- and eighth- century Sion gospels, which belonged to the Emperor Charlemagne, form an important part of the present ex ...