29 NOVEMBER 1969, Page 6

The best blow

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS

Lady Barbirolli, encouraged by her husband, the conductor Sir John Barbirolli, is half- way through a three-volume work for do-it- yourself oboists—Daily Mail.

Lady Barbirolli Thought it would be frightfully jolly If only hobos

Could learn oboesi

Her lord and conductor,

When asked to instruct her, Said no thesis could be properer For magna operaj