THE author of this story is well known to the Manchester and Birmingham radio audiences, as he has read many of his short stories from these studios. ' The Castle,' which is taken from a volume of Mr. Griff's short stories. Marmosets and Nightingales,' is typical of his work—a vivid vignette of an incident in mediaeval England at the time whon Stephen and Matildu were fighting for the crown. A new novel of his, entitled ' Chronicle,' is to be published in the spring. ,