22 MAY 1953, page 9

Homes And Hothe

By GWENDOLEN FREEMAN I 46 T is not," writes the Children's Officer for Birmingham in his report of the Children's Department's first four years' work,* " the function of a......

Timbuktu, 1953

By THOMAS HODGKIN I T was late at night and bitterly cold when I arrived at Timbuktu, It was also bright moonlight and the Prophet's birthday. So the town .was-full of the noise......