11 JANUARY 1946, page 11

Roadside Grave Near S'hertogenbosch

IN the West the sun is newly, gloriously dying, As it has died so many tens of times since my own death. Once I was newly dead, and mourned, I was still vivid in their memories.......

Plaga Mundi

O PLAGA MUNDI—in all the world There is one beach where time is found: The black shale crumbles and time falls out And lies exposed to sun and sea The dinosaur from ancient eyes......

The Cinema

"Anchors Aweigh." At the Empire. CONSIDERING the number of personal dislikes of mine that they managed to get into Anchors Aweigh I found the film very pleasant. I would be very......

Music

Britten and Finzi. BENJAMIN BRITTEN'S tributes to Purcell, his second String Quartet in C major and the cycle of Donne's Holy Sonnets were repeated at the Wigmore Hall last......