... 44 CASTLE IN THE AIR AT THE ADELPHI AT the Adelphi Theatre to-night, December 7, is due Alan Mef ville's new play, Castle in the Air with the excellent cast shown in these pictures. To the brief outline given under the top left photograph we can only add that Melville's w'ell- known wit gives point to an ancient plot, which is starred with topical allusions and Roy Rich's production spins the ...

... Selected by our Panel of Experts AGE-- Bill Shine For both a delightful per- rmance and for allowing himself to be thrown iwn a well nightly nd, on occasion, twice ghtly) in Lady Audley's cret, at the Princes. SCREEN. The enchanting Anouk, who makes her film debut in Les Amants de Verone, and will shortly be seen in the British picture, The Golden Sala mander. There may be a world at this ...

... WINE WISDOM Good Wine something lor everybody Even those of us who have no time for all the jargon of the wine expert or money to spare for a wine cellar can share the pleasures of wine in the home. Thanks to the kindly climate and soil of the Australian vineyards Emu Wines offer something to delight most palates at prices most of us can afford. And you can be sure of a soundly matured and ...

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... Court news: A very happy Christmas to our readers everywhere and a peaceful and prosperous New Year. Many will follow the example of the King and Queen who with Queen Mary will gather a large family party around them at Sandring ham for Christmas. The youngest member of this happy family will be Prince Charles, who at a year old will be able to enjoy the thrill of finding the hidden treasures ...

... CRITICS CHOICE CORINNE CALVET wh0 is Paul Holj's selection for the year, made an immediate and deep impression on i^r appearance in the film Rope of Sand, released a few months ago. She was born In Paris, and after attending the University of Paris School of Fine Arts, went on the stage in her early teens, gettmg a firm grounding in drama. She has appeared in several French films, including La ...

... in. f'cvu's All Set for Noel Lavish bows of ribbon deck the huge balls of mistletoe the holly leaves are burnished WHEN twenty of our birthdays have become memories it takes only a few more to make us realise that the happiest Christmas Days were those that happened when we were very young. So let's pretend. Let's pretend that, whatever our actual age may be, we have rediscovered the ...

... CHRISTMAS is the ghosts' high noon, and whether we condescend to believe in them or not, come they will, and will take no denial-- the good, the bad and the indifferent. You cannot stop them, and most people, if they were honest with themselves, would own up that they do not even want to. The Good were our friends before they re visited the glimpses of the moon, and they still remain that way ...

... By 5. A. Patman THE Bedford Rugby Club came into existence with the amalgamation of Bedford Rovers and Bedford Swifts, and assumed its present title in its second season. The new club started auspiciously by winning seventeen of its twenty matches. Leicester was the >nly club to lower Bedford's colours. Again, the following season, only one loss was recorded in a programme of twenty-five ...