... Marfel Deans LET'S face it, Christmas shopping in London can be far more of a nightmare than present-buying in Bovey Tracy or Bootle. First the shops you want to visit are separated from each other by miles and miles of traffic blocks, then there are acres of floor space to cover and cohorts of other shoppers to knock into you, tread on your toes, and fill up all the lifts. On the other hand, ...

... ITEM, for two cloths of scarlet for the Earl against Christ-mass, one cloth of russet for the Bishop of Angew, seventy cloths of blue for the knights, fifteen cloths of medley for the lords' clerks, twenty-eight cloths for the esquires, fifteen cloths for officers, nineteen cloths for grooms, five cloths for archers, four cloths for minstrels and carpenters, with the sharing and carriage for ...

... OHIVER8 A SONS LTD., OHIVER8 A SONS LTD., Jy C f Appetites gladly respond Vt K to the tempting flavour of V\ k Chivers 'Olde English'. This favourite thick-cut marmalade 'The 1 Aristocrat of the Break- l\ fast Table' i s again ob- 1\ tainable in good supply. 11 Chiuers 4 Otoe English Ik\ JUarmalahe JJ\ r\l 1 lb- '/4i 2 lb- 2/8 >7 (j L) I 1 v g ids urcnaru raciory I xV HI8TON, CAMBRIDGE and J J ...

... Jippitu- hp This churtning ditty is one of the fourteen printed in The Songs of Peter Rabbit Frederick Warne 8s. 6d.), based on the characters and episodes from the story by the immortal Beatrix Potter. Dudley Glass, the composer, has also set Edward Lear's Nonsense Songs to music ...

... A NEW PRl\, I V';: MENTATION GOOD KING i WENCESLAS by qr a '/Ilk Blake Good, King Wenceslas looked out Brightly shone the moon that night I Bring me flesh, and bring me wine Sire, the night is darker now Mark my footsteps good, my page! Sire, he lives a good league hence r Page and monarch forth they went Hither, page, and stand by me In his master's steps he trod Therefore, ...

... Qilbert and Sullivan sftr With illustrations from the I 'Book by Leslie Bailie. Published by Cassells. JOHN MAYCOCK VERY soon now cinemas through out the country will be showing a film dealing with the life-stories of , and so thousands of people will be learning something about the two men whose fourteen comic operas have passed into popular legend and tradition. Quite a number of people ...

... The Medieval drinking-song, O Potores Exquisiti, from a booki formerly belonging to St. George s Chapel, Windsor. Reproduced here, by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum. )n into modern verse made and illuminated by Michael Harrison ...

... Violin hors d'oeuvres dish strikes a highly original note. It costs £1 19s. 6d. Dennis Smith Kittens on the keys again. Two small pieces from a seL with larger dish. £2 19s. 6d. Right: With the Brownie waffles can be made within a matter of minutes whether it be break fast waffles or appe tizing supper dishes. Price £4 7s. 6d. from Harrods, Fortnum and Mason, Selfridges and other leading ...

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... by JACK BENTLEY Classical DESPITE the fact that there are more than five hundred mentions of music in the works of Shakespeare, very few examples by composers of his day have hitherto been available to record collectors. Now, the Boyd Neel Orchestra have rectified this omission with a collection under the title of Dances of Shakespeare's Time. Absolute authenticity seems to be this disc's ...

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... TAKING TEA WITH THE WORLD Tea is almost as popular in Australia as it is here, but the Aussies like it stronger. In their homes, they make it as we do. But not the man who works in the 'out back! j In his swag (or Matilda), the roll or bag which holds his personal possessions, he lA/H 1 1 7 1 11 O* carries his beloved billy. He fills this with water to boil, throws in a good measure s CXI. L ...