4 APRIL 1952, page 22

Art

IT is always rash to speak of national characteristics in art, especially in Europe where the strands are inextricably woven. One thinks of the " elegance " of the French, or......

Nil Nisi Bonum

Bone idle, Idyllically bone, I shall mock the fidelity Of the angels in stone That watch the dead. Bone idle, soon Too lazy to turn in my grave, To get up at twelve, To go down......

Music

How is it possible to write about Schubert's music ? Words—the right words, if they exist—have failed even the most eloquent writers. We have mostly technical analyses of his......