1 MARCH 1957, page 28

Eleven-nonplus

A prize of six guineas was offered for a calypso suitable for singing on the occasion of a 1957 eleven-plus examination. ONE competitor accompanied his entries by a note in......

Stage Reference Theatrical Reference Books Are Good As...

they stick to facts, recording what happened and who took part when and where; for good measure it is often desirable that a consensus of critical opinion written at the time be......

Had Shakespeare Been Acquainted With The, Clerihew There...

doubt that it would have crept into many of his plays. For the usual prize of six guineas competitors are invited to provide three continuous clerihews in a conversational form......

In Dr. Archibald Henderson's Immense New Biography Of...

recently published in the United States, occurs this• extract from a letter by CBS: 'Yesterday, at Massinghanz's, John Burns came in. We meant to have a great political council;......

Recent Reprints

NOVELS, ETC. Penguin : Pigs Have Wings; Laughing Gas; The Mating Season; Very Good, Jeeves; Carry On, Jccves; by P. G. Wodehouse (all at 2s. 6d.). Collins Fontana Books : The......