22 DECEMBER 1950, page 13

On A Statue Of The Christ Child

0 UNPERTURBED and casual flowering face. 0 wild-rose tranquil hand outstretched to bless. Can that uncomprehending smile embrace All incomputable human wretchedness ? Or do our......

Contemporary Arts

CINEMA a Cinderella." (Prince of Wales.) IN these days, when the fears, woes and problems of human beings are reflected in all their despondency on the screen, it is difficult......

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Music

ON December 15th the Workers' Music Association gave a concert of the music of Alan Bush in honour of his fiftieth birthday. There were examples of much of his more recent......