Mr. Laurence Housman : Crime and Society' mONIGHT'S talk is the first of an impor. tant new series, to bo broadcast on alternate Mondays at this time, in which prominent authorities will survey the social aspects of crime. The series is opened by Mr. Laurence Housman , the author of the .' Little Plays of St. Francis,' several of which have been broadcast, of ' Trimblorigg,' and many other books and plays. In addition to being a novelist, playwright, and artist, Mr. Housman is an expert on penal reform, and he contributed an introduction to Mr. Fenner Brockway 's recent book, ' A Now Way With Crime.' He will tonight survey the general problem of the relation of crime to society. Other talkers who will deal with different aspects of the subject are Dr. Cyril Burt , Lord Feversham, Colonel Turner (of Wakefield Prison), and Lord Lytton.
An article entitled' Is there a Criminal Class?' by Mr. Cecil Chapman , the well-known London magistrate, will be found on page 65. '