by Robert Henderson
A comedy of the years immediately following the American Civil War, told in the form of letters

BBC Northern Orchestra
(Leader, Reginald Stead )
Conducted by Clarence Raybould

W. W. Robson , Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, gives a shortened version of his two talks on the ' Lucy ' poems of Wordsworth, broadcast in April followed by a reading of the poems by Hallam Fordham

Mack Harrell (baritone)
Gerald Moore (piano)
From Edinburgh
George Dannatt writes in this issue

David Abercrombie talks about the way the possessing of a local accent can affect our behaviour
He suggests that the problem is more acute in England than anywhere else

* The Symposium

Missa Brevis sung by the Schola Polyphonica
Director, Henry Washington

Syria
Second of three talks by Lord Kinross
Lord Kinross, who recently visited Syria, considers it to be ' the weakest link in the chain of Middle East defence,' though by contrast he found a marked strengthening in the country's internal condition. He comments on the crucial issues of confidence which must be settled if Syria's defence position is to be effectively strengthened.

Thirteen Preludes, Op. 32 played by Moura Lympany (piano) on gramophone records