26 FEBRUARY 1954, page 12

Sir, —dr. Sitwell's Brand Of Californian Syrup Of Figs...

persuaded Mr. Hartley privately, but has not yet made him a peridot in public. Nor will she succeed until her ' crude hard hitting '—to quote the praise of Laura S. Deane—comes......

Cinema

The Maggie. (Odeon, Marble Arch.) The Island Sinner. (Marble Arch Pavilion.) Hondo. (Warner.) HURRAY for '‘ another sparkling Ealing comedy! Directed with shrewd humour by .......

A Psychiatrist's Choice

SIR,---The author of this article has yerfermed a great service in drawing attention to the advances in the treatment of insanity by physical methods which have occurred in the......

Sia,—in Her Letter Published In Last Week's Spectator Dr....

Sitwell refers to ` . Little Mr, Tomkins ' as ' a wearisome person.' She also speaks very kindly of my novel Lucky Jim.......

The Discussion Which Has Almost Choked A Critical...

one in mind of T. J. Hogg who wrote that his friend Shelley was not only " great as a poet " but " pre-eminently a lady's man." Now although we deride the old lawyer for his......

The Sleeping Beauty. (royal Opera House.) The Consummate...

Margot Fonteyn's dancing remains as clear and certain as when she last appeared in London before the long American tour. In Tuesday night's 'welcome home' performance of The......