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Books Of The Week
Page 4 from 16th October 1964TINKLING SYMBOLS MARY VAUGHAN looks at the latest fiction THE ITALIAN GIRL, by Iris Murdoch. (Chatto and Windus. 21s.). THE SCHOLARMAN, by Q. R.......

The Diary Of A Child Of God Strange
Page 8 from 17th April 1953DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST Curzon: Certificate A Director: Robert Bresson T HAVE to admit that in spite of the enthusiasm that greeted the......

▪ Despite All This Bing Wins
Page 8 from 30th September 1960By GRACE CONWAY IIIGH TIME Certificate U: Carlton Director: Blake Edwards N ar by any standards can you call this a film in the accepted sense of......

Stripping A Good Man Of His Eternal Soul
Page 8 from 30th April 1999Theatre Claus von BOlow rr HE DONMAR THEATRE has currently revived C P Taylor's deeply provocative play Good, with Charles Dance as the lead......

Not A Good Christian, But Trying
Page 10 from 2nd January 2009Mary Kenny O ne of the most engaging little books I encountered over the Christmas period was a compilation called One Life – Six Words: What’s......

Notes
Page 13 from 24th August 1935The general strike of 1926 and the voice that reported its happenings hour by hour to the nation are recalled by the appointment of Mr. B. E.......

Poor Use Of Great Gifts
Page 6 from 23rd August 1968I NNUMERABLE plays or films seem to have been devoted to an isolated bunch of Servicemen, most often N.C.O.s, and the stresses and strains of their......

Cardinal Tells How Suffering Can Teach
Page 2 from 17th September 1976The life of every handicapped child, whether that handicap is physical or mental, is a precious life and has a special value, Cardinal Hume told......

Zany Girl
Page 6 from 9th June 1967sentenced to death BY EDGAR HOLT The Rebel Countess by Anne Marreco (Weidenfeld and Nicol son, 45s.). T HERE was room for a new biography of......

The Best Years Of Your Life?
Page 12 from 10th February 1989Endpiece FOR ME, university meant three years of lazing around, partying and playing at being a radio star on the campus station. There was the......