... . OBSERVATION, imagination and wit are clearly shown in these draw ings by children under eight years of age, all of which gained prizes in the Royal Drawing Society's 54th Exhibition of Children's Drawings and Paintings at the Guildhall. Each year the point of achievement seems to grow younger, and huge enthusiasm goes to the work many hundreds of entries being received. THE DERBY, by seven ...

... SUN IN THE STERLING [AREA- BERMUDA. Travel and Cost. ON holiday in the sterling area the currency problem doesn't exist; you can transfer as much sterling you wish to Bermuda. Bank of England notes are not legil tender, but the Bermuda Government issues currency note based on sterling. United Kingdom coins, however, are used the Colony. Valid passports are required. There is no Income Tax or ...

... . THESE delightful new pictures of the baby son of T.R.H. Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh show him to be a sturdy and most attractive child. To-morrow, April 14, Prince Charles of Edinburgh will be just five months old. Photographed by BARON. ...

... . ON Saturday next, April 16, the 1949 Shakespeare Festival will open at Stratford-upon-Avon with Macbeth, produced by Anthony Quayle. It should be a brilliant season with a team of producers and designers whose names are famous in the contemporary theatre. Six plays will be produced by Tyrone Guthrie, John Gielgud, Michael Benthall, Godfrey Tearle and the Director, Anthony Quayle. Leading ...

... B HAMLET UNLIMITED. IN connaction with the Shakespeare Festival at Stratford-upon-Avon, the coming anniversary of William Shakespeare's birthday on April 23 causes us to reflect that had he been living still he would have been 385 years old would still find his plays a top-ranking box-office draw, especially through the medium of the screen. Not too bad for a playwright. Hamlet especially is ...

... CHOICE OF THE MONTH Selected by Our Panel of Experts SCREEN. Anna Magnani A magnifi cent performer from Italy, who raises the whole estate of film-acting with her work as the housewives' leader in Angelina. c/h RADIO. John Snagge For conducting the Boat Race with infectious enthusiasm. STAGE. Paul Scofield For mak ing London talk of Alexander in Terence Rattigan's play at the St. James's. J ...

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... COPPER-HAIRED, vital Sheila Burrell plays the wanton lover of a witch-boy in Dark of the Moon. From the Lyric, Hammersmith, Peter Brook's imaginative and speedy production was due to arrive at the Ambassadors Theatre yesterday, April 12. Photocraphed by ANTHONY BUCKLEY. ...

... Beverley Baxter TWENTY-ODD years ago a play was produced which added a new word to our vocabulary. It dealt with a scientifically produced mechanical man known as a Robot. The word became a part of the jargon of the day, and was recklessly applied to men who were lacking warmth, humour, delicacy and understanding. Then if passed and both the word and the idea were forgotten. Yet once more we ...

... . SO we 're all Londoners-- see glamorous and unra iBed'i ^ecree °f the Ministry of Fuel. The premidre coincided with the return of B.S.T., and huge crowds of th If ^'ccadilly Circus to gloat over the come-back of the winking, flashing signs in gold and white and colours I C li are fresh|y floodlit aspects of Brighton's Palace Pier; London's Houses of Parliament; Piccadilly Circus; 0lseum; ...

... GAFFE By Charles Cochran. COME years ago, be- >J fore Constance Cummings became Mrs. Benn Levy, and, I think, before she had played in England, Benn Levy brought her one day to I a little house we had in the country. My wife and I, and our guests, were all enchanted by her personality. Her name was unknown to us. During the evening, I summoned up courage to ask her if she had ever been on the ...

... |F Easter weather is kind the light wool dress which can be worn without a coat will make its debut. These two models have been designed by Debenham and Freebody for early summer. Both are in navy lightweight wool. The dress in the smaller picture has a detachable bolero. Hats from the Model Millinery Salon. Photographed by John Cole. ...