'Minor Ailments,' by the Physician-in-Charge, Children's Department, St. Thomas's Hospital

Directed by HARRY FRYER
From THE SHEPHERD'S BUSH PAVILION March, :Fo1ies Bérgère

' Life and Work in Europe '—IX
Mr. JAMES FÀIRGRIEVE: ' Sweden-In the Forest
Clearings '
2.20 East Anglian Herring Fishing Bulletin
2.25 RECEPTION TEST
2.30 Rural Economy
Sir JOHN RUSSELL , F.R.S. : ' Science in the Countryside-V, The Beginning of Specialization '
2.55 Interval
3.0 Gramophone Recital for Schools
Under the Direction of Sir WALFORD DAVIES
3.30 Interval
3.35 Friday Afternoon
Story Mr. FRANK ROSCOE
3.50 Interval

Directed by JOHN BRIDGE
(From North Regional)

Directed by HENRY HALL

PIANOFORTE WORKS OF BRAHMS
Played by FRANK MANNHEIMER
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel

Mr. C. H. MIDDLETON : ' The Greenhouse'

Mr. E. L. WOODWARD : ' France'-I
THE outlook of France, for better or worse, profoundly influences world affairs. A clear understanding of the French outlook is particularly vital to people in this country. In his first talk Mr. Woodward attempts to get past the political facade to capture and define the real attitude of the French people to the question of security. France has been invaded twice within the last fifty years, and many times before that: she is still fundamentally agricultural, and land, not credit reflected in trade, is her conception of prosperity. Every post-war attempt at international harmony and co-operation has so far failed to reassure this passionate desire of the French for security, which remains the most unyielding factor in international politics.

(Section D)
(Led by LAURANCE TURNER )
Conducted by PERCY PITT
OLGA HALEY (Mezzo-Soprano)
Semiramide was the last opera Rossini wrote for Italian audiences, and for an odd reason. He wrote Semiramide with far greater care than was his habit, and the reception, probably in consequence, was very cold; Rossini thereupon wiped his hands of Italian audiences and resolved to establish himself elsewhere. Opportunely he received an invitation to go to London and to write a new opera for the King's Theatre, for which he was to get £240 (he had already had £200 for Semiramide, almost a maximum payment in those days). Rossini had a splendid time in London; he stayed there during the winter and spring of 1823 and 1824; King George made a great fuss of him; he was nobly received everywhere; he gave several concerts and, although the manager of the opera went bankrupt and was unable to pay for the new opera, Rossini left London with £7,000 in his pocket. From London he went to Paris, accepted the post of Musical Director at the Theatre Italien, produced Semiramide, amongst other operas, with a success rightly due to it, and settled down in Paris for the rest of his life.