From page 57 of 'When Two or Three '
; '(6) , at 10.30

(g) for Farmers and Shipping

The Boyd Ncel String Orchestra :
Serenata notturna-Serenade No. 6 (K. 239) (Mozart)—I. Marcia ; 2. Minuetto; 3. Rondo
Eileen Joyce (pianoforte) with Orchestra, conducted by Clarence Ray bould : Rondo in A (K.386) (Mozart) .-The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt. : Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet) (Delius)
The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt. : Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3, Op. 45 (Dvorák)

by W. B. ROSS from St. Mary's (Episcopal) Cathedral,
Edinburgh

HERBERT DE LEON (baritone)

from the Hotel Majestic, St. Annes-on-Sea

by ROBERT COLLET
Robert Collet was born in 1905 and first studied the piano under Frida Kindler. He then had a few lessons from Egon Petri , and went to Cambridge to study composition under Professor E. J. Dent and Dr. C. B. Rootham. Mr. Collett gave his first London recital in 1931 and soon afterwards made his debut in Paris.

A Reading by RICHARD DAVID
On April 20, 1653, Cromwell expelled the remains of the Long Parliament. On April 20. 1936, Richard David is to read Carlyle's description of this scene and some poems by Cromwell's contemporaries. Next Monday and after, these afternoon Prose and Poetry Readings will be given from 4.30 to 4.45.

Conductor, ROLAND DAVIS
EDGAR MILLWARD (entertainer)

JAMES WHITEHEAD (violoncello)
NORMAN TUCKER (pianoforte)

EDWARD REACH (tenor)
(All arrangements for the Trio by Richard Charlton and Margaret Gruffydd )

including Weather Forecast and Bulletin for Farmers

Albeniz
(1860-1909)
Pianoforte Music played by IRENE KOHLER
From Suite espagnole (Spanish Suite)
Aragon (Fantasia) Asturias (Legend)
From The Alhambra
La Vega
(An article on Albeniz will be found on page II) .

' Consider the Little Owl'
TOM H. HARRISSON
Today Tom Harrisson , in his second talk on birds, is to defend a bird that has been almost universally condemned for killing young birds, pheasant chicks in particular.
Since the Little Owl was introduced and established in Kent and Northants in the seventies and eighties, it has spread rapidly, even to Wales and to the north of England. Until last year it was protected in all but six counties ; now it is not protected at all.
This year the newly founded British
Trust for Ornithology is to hold a court of .inquiry, as it were, into the habits of the Little Owl. Is it in fact such a sinner as is made out ?
Tom Harrisson believes that it is very beneficial to the farmer and in his talk this evening he will tell listeners how they can co-operate in getting the Little Owl a fair trial in England.

General Sir IAN HAMILTON , G.C.B.,
G.C.M.G., C.B.E.
Here is the first talk in a series of book talks from a new angle. The idea is to review not new, but recent books. So many books are published these days that even good ones may get overlooked or forgotten. One important change is that the books are not necessarily to be recommended by the professional critic or author ; and in particular, speakers will remember those who depend on the public libraries and the twopenny libraries now so rapidly increasing in the country.
What does Sir Ian Hamilton think about books ? This evening he is to prepare the way for later speakers in the series who are to give suggestions for book lists ; and he will try to coax listeners into a new frame of mind about books and tempt some of them to buy a few.
The following advice is sterling, but comes perhaps surprisingly from a man of action and the best-known hero of the Dardanelles : ' If you are lucky and have one small room of your own, and if you have in it a few chosen books of your very own, then you are rich.'

The Wheel of Life
JAMES RITCHIE , D.Sc.
(Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Aberdeen)
This is the first talk in a new series by Professor James Ritchie , and he is to show how animals and plants live. All animals, ultimately, obtain their food from plants, and plants build up the stuffs which all animals devour by making use of the energy radiated by the sun. He pictures living matter as a mill-wheel kept in constant circulation by the stream of light from the sun. Professor Ritchie is to give ten talks in this series for Discussion Groups, and a list of useful books to read while the series goes on was given in the Talks Supplement in The Listener for April i.

by PHILLIP LEAVER

(For details, see centre column)
The Tryal of Titus Oates' will be broadcast again on Wednesday at 7.40 in the Regional programme

Directed by HENRY HALL

including Weather Forecast and Forecast for Shipping

Leader, ALFRED BARKER
Conductor, T. H. MORRISON

from the Dorchester Hotel
, at 11.30