Talk by John S. L. Gilmour
Director of the University Botanic Garden, and Fellow of Clare College,
Cambridge
(The recorded broadcast of Feb. 2)

of the eighteenth-century theatre
April Cantelo (soprano) Alexander Young (tenor)
Bryan Drake (baritone)
Charles Spinks (harpsichord)

from Petain to Poujade
French history during fifteen years of war and cold war
Philip Williams , Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, talks about Alexander Werth 's book France: 1940-1955.

The Poetry of North American Indians
Introduced by E. Michael Mendelson with special reference to the Kwakiutl, Winnebago, Navaho, and Zuni
Readers:
Anthony Jacobs , Anthony White
Martina Mayne

John Wolfe (oboe)
Watson Forbes (viola)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader. Arthur Leavins )
Conducted by Walter Goehr
Part 1

Talk by Francis Watson
A significant event in the spread of Buddhist ideas in England and America was the success of Sir Edwin Arnold 's poem The Light of Asia which was published in 1879 and rapidly became a best-seller. Mr. Watson talks about the character and beliefs of the man who composed this poem in odd moments snatched from a busy and successful career as a journalist.

Part 2

A study of the poet
Lionel Johnson (1867-1902) by Patric Dickinson

by Julius Isserlis