6 JANUARY 1950, page 12

The Volcano

BEFORE us, the stone basin and its fountain: The squatting dragon's jaw spouts glittering streams Into that round pool where the one carp dreams Hot noon away. And over there,......

English-teaching In Egypt

By JOHN BRAY A FTER the war British prestige in Egypt suffered a steady decline, and now that our forces are by treaty confined to - the Canal Zone, only a suggestion of what......

Fontana Di Trevi

By D. W. BROGAN T HEY used to say in Rome that if you had to leave thi city, you should throw a coin into the fountain of Trevl and you would be sure to come back. In the late......