As a small boy Mr. Edinger was singled out for momentary attention by the Emperor of Austria. Later he became fascinated by the Emperor's personality and history. Here he describes his pursuit of that subject and sketches a portrait

Sonata for violin and piano played by Jean Pougnet (violin) Wilfrid Parry (piano)

Dr. W. R. Ashby describes and demonstrates the homeostat, a machine that has just been built
It is based on a new principle that has recently been recognised in the brain; by using the same principle the machine can imitate certain ' intelligent ' types of brain activity. By its imitation of these activities it is helping to throw light on the nature of those brain processes that underlie purposive behaviour

(Anonymous, circa 1500)
Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus. Del sung by the BBC Midland Chorus
Conductor, James Denny
From St. Alban's, Bordesley, Birmingham

Eighth of a series of reports on the Soviet point of view as expressed in the Soviet Press and broadcasts directed to listeners in the U.S.S.R.
Compiled by members of the BBC's foreign news department

4 — ' John Keats : the development of a romantic,' by A. E. Rodway
Reader, Douglas Leach

Suzanne Danco (soprano)
Frederick Stone (piano)

Talk by K. G. Collier , Senior Physics Master, Lancing College
Mr. Collier believes that the effect of science on the human imagination has been immense. The extraordinary success of the physical sciences has undermined our belief in any reality that transcends the world we can see and touch, with the result that we no longer regard suffering and misfortune as a moral discipline but as sheer frustration. Mr. Collier's talk is based on his forthcoming book ' The Science of /Humanity '

Written for broadcasting by Edward Sackville-West. In 1777 Goethe called anonymously on one of his admirers at Wernigerode, and out of this encounter later grew the enigmatical "Harzreise im Winter".

The New Italian Quartet

Professor Harold Laski and Malcolm Muggeridge discuss' The White House Papers of Harry Hopkins,' edited by Robert Sherwood