... The faintest gleam of sunshine and there are the Londoners, eating sandwiches in Regent's Park, morosely chewing away in lay-bys, bringing the hamper out of the Bentley, gathering round a travelling rug and pass- i ing out the potato salad. Some people take picnics casually cheese and an apple in a paper bag are as far as they're pre pared to go; but others bring to a picnic all the culinary ...

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... Douglas Sutherland A LOT OF MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT BY advertising and publicity men since the war in trying to make us change or at least vary the range of our choice of drinks. In the general re-education that ensued some prime old favourites were rediscovered-- dry Madeira for example, or even white port, as aperitifs. The cocktail went into decline though it still gave its name to parties. ...

... Doone Beai QUITE A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE French and northern Italian Rivieras ripen for the summer, Sicily, basking in a sunshine which can turn it into a dust-bowl by August, enjoys some pretty well perfect resort weather. Yet its resort life as such is not its raison d'etre. One can find better beaches elsewhere. Instead, it is essentially a land to see. Its interest is in its mixture of ...

... LONDON LIFE Sean Kenny, stage architect, is said to be tired of the theatre. The embryo musical Quasi Modo is expected to be his last stage commission. Franta Belski's bust of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cunningham will be unveiled in Trafalgar Square next month. Walt Disney is launching his own record company in London to manufacture and sell children's records over here. Andrew Watkinson, a 12 ...

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... David Morton IT'S ALL TOO EASY TO PACK CLOTHES for a holiday that are either un necessary or downright uncomfort able. But from 1 May onwards a little help will be coming your way from Aquascutum who will not only be offering holiday clothes that would make anyone itch to be away to the sun, but also advising customers on what to wear where, and when. Their sales staff is being briefed now, ...

... When The Sleeping Beauty was first performed at the Maryinsky Theatre in 1890 a new standard was set for ballet, which influenced dancing for the next half a century. The Maryinsky is now the Kirov; its company is in London performing ballets that include The Sleeping Beauty with Irina Kolpakova (pictured left by Anthony Crickmay) as one of the Auroras. ROGER BAKER explains why the company has ...

... Soing trendy with Susannah York REPLACING her ciga rette with a fruit gum, Susannah York perched precariously on a sofa, chewed reflectively, and talked about the fun she had and the clothes she wore while making the new, trend- setting film called Kaleido- scope, which is just about to burst on to the London scene, and in which she has the feminine lead opposite Ameri can star Warren Beatty's ...

... Ann Jenner (right), wearing a Dolly Rocker Dress by Sambo, which she bought from John Lewis's of Oxford Street. Ann is a soloist dancer in the Royal Ballet, and she is currently rehearsing a lead role. La Fille mal Gardee Caroline Holmes (above), who works for the BBC, wearing a green and white cotton dress from Wallis. Kerry-Jane Spanoghe (top), model girl and wife of stockbroker Benjamin ...