7 OCTOBER 1955, page 20

Punch, That Curious British Compromise Be- Tween Humour...

has recently gone and got itself a new look. In fact, 'post-Muggeridge Punch' is now a term at least as well known to the public as 'Proto-Sumerian' or 'Post- Jurassic,' and,......

Painting

GAUGUIN MANY of the Gauguins at the Tate, particu- larly it seems those painted in Tahiti and the Marquesas, have been set by their owners in wide, elaborately carved frames......

Contemporary Arts

The Theatre THE MULBERRY BUSH. By Angus Wilson. ;(Bristol Old Vic.) ANGUS WILSON'S chief motive for writing a play (a programme note tells us) was his con- viction that the......