1 FEBRUARY 1957, page 12

Dakar

By HUGO CHARTERIS O N the ship's chaise-longue an ageing colon (colonial) fans herself apprehensively : 'Ce n'est pas un pays de merveilles. .' The first marvel is that one's......

Despair

The snow has vanished now from Hermon's slopes. High rides the August sun. The opiate song Of loud cicadas mocks our human hopes, And dulls the will of faith to challenge wrong.......

City And Suburban

By JOHN BETJEMAN S OMETHING happened a fortnight ago which must be unique in England. The Mayor of Woodstock gave a civic party to celebrate the removal.of pylons and overhead......