21 NOVEMBER 1947, page 13

The Roman Ghosts

Here when the villa stood, Here in the court, in the glowing autumn weather, Young Lucius knelt and viewed his latest gifts from Rome— Some apple-trees, a grateful rose, a coop......

Music

THE B.B.C. celebrated its Silver Jubilee at the Albert Hall on November 12th with a perhaps inevitably conventional programme played by a giant orchestra formed by the Northern......

Art

WHILE the fractures in European society persist our first-hand know- ledge of foreign painting remains virtually dependent upon the activity of Governments. Admirable as such......

Gramophone Notes

THE most attractive of a not very interesting collection is the Busch Quartet's new recording of Brahms' A minor string quartet, beauti- fully played and satisfactorily......