21 DECEMBER 1962, page 13

Musical Novelties

SIR, — Mr. Cairns recalls with undisguised pleasure the occasion when Forest Murmurs managed to get itself included among the month's 'Novelties' in the Festival Hall diary. I......

All That Glisters

Sitt,—If Mr. McKern had produced less, noise and more speech in The Alchemist your critic would not have misunderstood so much. It would also have been kinder to those of us who......

Company Directors

Sra,—Sir Richard Powell might well be reminded of the gramophone record by Paddy Roberts which contains the words 'Just grab a handful and damn the finesse.' His letter does......

Children's Books

SIR, — May I remind such a very cross Miss Manning that one reviewer's meat is another reviewer's poison. I am a fan of quite, a few non-thematic children's writers, especially......

B Runei Fear That The Correspondent Who Wrote The Short...

'Brunei' (December 14) is something like a quarter-century behind the times! 'The great Meri oilfield' (actually it's Miri) is in point of fact in Sarawak, some fourteen miles......

Fortissime I

SIR, — In reference to Starbuck's paragraph `Gli Italiani in Scozia,' I would like to mention that the relative concerned was not my grandfather, but my great-uncle.......

Children's Books Company Directors Fortissimo: Brunei All...

'Betrayal' Musical Novelties Capt Henry Kerby, MP Bridget Tisdall Geoffrey Kerr Charles Forte John Schute M. S. Deol T. E. Bean KENYA 'BETRAYAL' SIR,—In 'Over to the Offensive'......