21 JULY 1967, page 19

Far-away Places

ART ROY STRONG Visiting Niagara Falls is a social solecism akin to having a crinoline lady over one's telephone, so the wife of a British High Com- missioner in Ottawa once told......

Theatre

The nose has it JOHN HIGGINS Cyrano de Bergerac (Open Air, Regent's Park) Open-air performances seem to kindle a mix- ture of stoicism and irreverence in the British. Almost......

Chess No. 344

PHILIDOR S. Mlotkowski (Hon. Men. G. C. Tourney, 1919). White to play and mate in two moves; solution next week. Solution to no. 343 (Sammelius): R - Q 4, threat Kt -B 3. 1 R -R......