26 AUGUST 1949, page 13

Nothing Cosmic Hence The Refreshment In Slices Of Life. The

wife of a Rhondda Valley collier tells us, in ten easy minutes, how she came to be local correspondent for a Welsh newspaper, and how she goes round her job with her baby on her......

The Other Day, Looking For Something Unfamiliar, I Almost...

came across a little thing on the Welsh programme, called Slices of Life. This must be one of the most modest of the B.B.C. offerings ; but I do not know why it should blush......

The Frogmen Last Week, I Particularly Liked That...

The Frogmen , which told of the under-water men, those hardy individu- alists who attacked the Tirpitz ' with midget submarines in her Norwegian fiord, or laid " limpet "......

Drama

I grieve to say that the Tolley--Denis Johnston play, Blind Mare's Buff, meant little to me but a most improbable trial scene. Badger's ,Green, Mr. R. C. Sherriff's......

The Archaeologist

You stir the dust to catch the gleam of gold, And softly the dust settles on your lashes. In blackened walls and shards the story's told, Whether it's then or now is no great......

Festival And Folly The Coverage Of The Edinburgh Festival...

as well it might be, very full: and—the music apart—Mr. Ivor Brown's five-minute little talks late in the evening did much to catch the social atmosphere of the Festival, and to......

After One Of Sir Thomas Beecham's By Now Familiar Publicity

stunts—an undignified and largely irrelevant excursion into politics— the Edinburgh Festival has started peacefully and is running smoothly. The opening concert on Sunday night......