31 JANUARY 1925, page 11

Art

THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PORTRAIT PAINTERS WHENEVER I have had the opportunity of comparing por- traits with the sitters whom they represented, I have invariably been disappointed.......

The .sophisticated Jackdaw

T HAT atmosphere of smooth urbanity which Londoners have succeeded in creating around them is far from being the inalienable right of a large - population. Most cities are......