14 DECEMBER 1956, page 12

City And Suburban

BY JOHN BETJEMAN M ANY of my generation reacted against Gilbert and Sullivan, the organised encores, the clearly enunei' ated Punch-style jokes, the tunes that sounded to us......

Elephants And Essays

T HERE are moments, and this is one of them, when I think almost wistfully of examinations. As a lad, I was very good at these horrible things. I never quite attained the......