11 SEPTEMBER 1953, page 12

Frescoes And Watercolours

THE Edinburgh Festival is not only an occasion of splendid perform- ance. It is also a real and powerful spur to native artistic ability. In the visual arts, each year sees an......

Contemporary. Arts

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL Orchestral Music at Edinburgh "Four centuries of the violin" was a bright idea on somebody's part as an accommodatingly flexible theme for this year's......

Ballet At The Festival

THE surprise items of the ballet programmes in Edinburgh's first week were two pieces which American National Ballet Theatre had been saving up throughout their lengthy European......