25 NOVEMBER 1955, page 20

Ballet

DANCERS: SPANISI1 AND INDIAN OF the few kinds of folk dance that can be transferred intact to the stage, Spanish de- mands a consistent brilliance, a relentless dex- terity and......

Painting

THE LONDON GROUP BECAUSE the London Group- exhibition, whic h is being held in the Whitechapel Art Gallery is, this year, confined to members, there is an opportunity to......

Cinema

LA STRADA. (Curzon.) —OH ROSAL1NDA! (Rialto.) --SIMON AND LAURA. (Gau- mont.) FOR some time now the Italian film industry has shown itself more willing to consider the overseas......

Vie Opertator

NOVEMBER 7, 1830 SELF-DENIAL.—II is said that the Premier, on his entering on office, was offered, but de- clined, the ribbon of the Garter, conferred on the Duke of Bedford;......

Television

I'm do mathematician and am as aware as you are that 'statistics can be made to prove any- thing,' yet I feel I'm not alone in falling, every time, for BBC's Facts and Figures.......