Portrait of a Clarinettist
Kenneth Ashen introduces, with records, a critical survey of the work of Barney Bigard

A weekly programme of Christian news and comment
Among this week's items are:
JAZZING IT Up:Alan Gibson looks at the theological implications of some traditional and current ' pop ' music
' BOTTLE EVANGELISM Peter Brooks meets Robert Rees on Merseyside to discuss an unusual method of propagating the Gospel

A series of conversations about nine famous pictures to be seen in public galleries in this country
The purpose of these programmes is to use some famous names as a starting-point for discussing questions of technique, art history, and aesthetics.
2-A Rare Sienese Picture
SIMONE MARTINI
(died 1334)
Christ and his Parents in the Art Gallery, Liverpool
A derail of the head of Joseph
Among other topics this picture raises the question ' What is a Primitive? ' and the different ways in which different generations approach pictures painted before Raphael.
Those taking part:
SIR PHILIP HENDY
Director of the National Gallery
(Chairman)
MICHAEL AYRTON
HUGH SCRUTTON
Director of the Walker Art Gallery
DAVID TALBOT Rice
Professor of Fine Art in the University of Edinburgh
To accompany the series a thirty-two-pace pamphlet has been prepared containing thirty-five illustrations and explanatory text. It can be obtained through book-sellers and newsagents, or by sending a crossed postal order for 3s. Od. (not stamps) to [address removed]