22 JULY 1949, page 14

Who Does It As Well ?

Now, I ask in my most melodious tones, which other broad- casting system spends so much time and talent on its neighbours or on international affairs in general ? The American......

Future For Mr. Barker Being Nothing If Not Constructive, I

should much like the Supreme Court of the B.B.C. to receive two submissions, and then draw a conclusion from them. The first is that Mr. Eric Barker's pro- gramme, which was......

They Sink So Deeply Into Life

They sink so deeply into Life, the children, Poets, heroes, saints ; Sinking, sinking, each past his own reflected And foreign face ; Then deeper, past the suicide's forbidden......

Art

THE exhibition of original watercolours, prints and books by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), organised by Marlborough Fine Art in collaboration with the Luxembourg Society......

Music

THE Promenade Concerts, which start on July z3rd, were not designed for the jaded palate of the musical connoisseur. Their aim is to introduce a maximum number of those who, for......

Radio

IT would be a salutary experience for listeners groaning under the B.B.C. monopoly to spend, say, six days glued to a radio set in some other country (I put six days as about......

France Without Tears I Thought Of This Fact—elementary...

unrecognised—last week on July 14th, when the B.B.C. devoted an evening to France's national festival. It is the sort of thing we take for granted from Broadcasting House ; but......

Flat Holland I Found The Documentary About Holland, Mcn...

the Sea, both over-dramatised and as flat as its subject. The Third Pro- gramme talks on the Colonies have been as good as they are necessary. For most of the rest, the mixture......