28 JULY 1967, page 17

A Failed Poet

GORDON SYMES A failed poet I know Ventured (less than all), Thought (more than he could w rite), Suffered (not beyond recall). Talked when it mattered least. Left at the staying......

Glockenfest Arts

CHARLES REID The Proms got off to a luckless and rather fumbled start. It wasn't merely that illness kept Sir Malcolm Sargent from the opening Saturday night, an occasion which......

Discreet Coercion

FRANCIS KING The period covered by this entertaining history is the twenty-odd years between the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry and his 'hairy barbarians,' to shake Japan......