20 NOVEMBER 1964, page 26

As Others See Us

She finding on his lips sour champagne, and he on her hair confetti, they enter that eclipse the novels promise. She in his eyes, he in hers, melt as the moon devours the sun.......

Two Poems

By JON STALLWORTHY Thistles Half grown before half seen, like urchins in armour double their size they stand their ground boldly, their keen swords out. But the farmer ignores......

The Lost Danube

THE Vienna of 1931-34 is the setting of John Gunther's novel The Lost City, and the events leading to Nazi domination of Austria form a well-documented background to this story......