... yfvfef By TOBY O'BRIEN WE shall have heard by now a great deal about the centenary of the Boat Race. The result is, of course, wrapt in mystery as yet, but should Cambridge win again, we shall no doubt be told that the fact that eight young mastodons from the remoter colonies have rowed faster than a similar set from Oxford is proof (if proof were needed) of the decadence of the older ...

... by STRUBE Sticks loo flowery No breast-pocket handkerchief Cuffs too long Tie not straight! OUT! {In view of recent criticisms on the subject of Editorial attire it is suggested that tailors should form a sub-committee for the Royal Academy) STRUBE ...

... - -by STRUBE Hullo Is that the Chancellor Oh I say, Stafford, old man could you tell me if it's worth while having pockets after all STRUBE ...

... R. C. Robertson-Glasgow ON a recent trip to Paris pour le Rugbee Futbal, it was surprising, yet reassuring, that the first man I saw in France was my pin-up comedian, Groucho Marx. No one had told me he'd be about and yet there he stood, on the quay at Calais, disguised as a porteur, wearing a bus-driver's hat, an engine- driver's overalls, and a come-to-mother smile. The other portorial ...

... Cbt ?fc- Home Ai Seven Wriiilliam'*) Anthony Cookman IF Sir Ralph Richardson must now and then leave the Peer Gynts, the Falstaffs and the Uncle Vanyas to their own highly exacting affairs, he is nowhere more welcome than in one of Mr. R. C. Sherriff's plays, doing there what he can do on his head but do better than any other living actor. Mr. Sherriff is, as we know, very sound on ...

... SIXTH REUNION Of THE MEN WHO FERRIED THE ROYAL NAVY'S EITTLE SHIPS In 1942 Admiral Sir Lionel Preston, K.C.B., Director of the Small Vessels' Pool, directed the forma tion of the Ferry Crews, who delivered all the R.N.'s trawlers, launches, fleet tenders and similar ships to naval bases and ports from builders' yards. Not a single vessel was lost during this enterprise, which included ...

... frw/rt ISruvt' M^ovkhttrt MEMORY is sometimes merciful. When I came out of the Leicester Square Theatre thinking Highly Dangerous must come high among the silliest films of 1950, there was danger of forgetting horrors endured earlier in the year. Out of fairness, then, while refreshing my memory of the best and worst films of the out going year, I jotted down without difficulty nine other ...

... Summing Up Paul Holt 1950 turned out to be the Year of Canasta. Other things happened, of course. Baby Brumas turned bad-tempered. The French won all our classic races except the 2000 Guineas. There were Flying Saucers to be seen, and Boswell's Diary to be read. Sibelius celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday by a grand silence, and Bernard Shaw died in his ninety-fifth year for no other reason ...

... Very restful walking in the fog. One avoids the bother of admiring the scenery'''' By Wyndham Robinson ...

... ctt Let's Make An Opera (Lyric, Hammersmith) THIS entertainment devised by Mr. Ben jamin Britten and Mr. Eric Crozier for young people deserves to be given a prominent place in the Christmas engagement list. Children will find it a most enjoyable affair, and to grown-ups it offers a new theatrical experience. For the composer and his librettist have quite perfectly solved a teasing old ...

... Frvtla Kruve Lix'/ihurt BACKSTAGE and studio subjects are peren nials in theatre and cinema. They have the immense dual advantage of dealing with matters of which producers, writers and players have first-hand knowledge, while offering the gaping public a glimpse behind the scenes. Not often, however, do we get two behind- the-scenes pictures in one year of such quality as Sunset Boulevard and ...

... D II. Wyndham Lewis THERE is a song in praise of the Diplomatic Corps which runs (or rather trips) in this fashion: Boys of the Corps Diplomatique Are chic, alert, and sympatbique All their enormous glossy cars Have private bars. With non-committal shrugs and smiles They block the traffic up for miles, And in their merry eyes we see Immunity. T: s little matter of diplomatic immunity occi ed ...