by R. C. Hutchinson
* How is it possible that a great number of people could have taken part in a programme of deliberate, cold-blooded, prolonged, sub-human cruelty? ' This was the theme, its setting Germany in 1945, which Mr. Hutchinson found intractable in a novel.
Extracts from the unfinished novel read by Carleton Hobbs
William Plomer talks about another unfinished novel: October 29

by Francis Watson and Maurice Brown
Four programmes illustrating the life, work, and personality of the Mahatma; drawn from the recorded memories of those who knew him.
2-The Conquest of India the recorded voices of those taking part Include: Rajendra Prasad , awaharlal Nehru, the Earl of Halifax, Sir Robert Broomfield , G. V. Mavalankar , Acharya Kripalani , Zakir Husain. G. D. Birla , M. R. Jayakar , Kaka Kalenkar , C. Rajagopalachari , Raja Hutheesingh , S. Dutta , B. C. Roy. Pyarelal Nayar. Sudir Ghosh , Sushila Nayar. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur , K. Shridharni. Anasuyaben Sarabhi , Shankarlal Banker. Raheina Tyabji , Miraben (Miss Slade), Eric da Costa , Verrier Elwin. Louis Fischer. Maurice Frydman , Glorney Bolton , and Reginald Reynolds
Edited and narrated by Francis Watson
Production by Maurice Brown

Lyric poem in three acts by Rene Fauchois
Music by Faure
(sung in French) shepherds, servants, dancers and musicians
Chorus and National Orchestra of Radiodiffusion-Télévision Franchise
(Chorus-Master, Jean-Paul Kreder) CONDUCTED BY D. E. INGHELBRECHT
The action takes place in Greece in legendary times.
ACT 1
A hall in Ulysses's Palace adjoining Penelope's apartment
(This recording of a performance from the International Opera Festival has been made available by courtesy of Radiodiffusion-Television Francaise)
ACT 2: A bill overlooking the sea
Act 3: The great hall in Ulysses's Palace

A monthly series on current questions in architecture and town planning
Stresses and Strains by Ronald Jenkins
The speaker, a chartered civil engineer, talks about changing conceptions in the field of engineering structures. These have only partly been brought about by the use of modern materials such as steel and reinforced or pre-stressed concrete. Of equal importance in the creation of a new concept of structural design, the speaker argues, has been clearer thinking on what is meant by a safe structure.

A play by Michael J. Molloy
Adapted for broadcasting by the author
(Continued in next column)
Kilmacreena is a large estate situated in a loop of the Dalgan River on the Mayo side of the Mayo-Galway border.
Incidental music composed and directed by John Buckland
Produced by John Gibson
(The recorded broadcast of August 5)

Piano Concerto No. 2, in B flat
Artur Schnabel (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Issay Dobrowen on gramophone records

W. L. Burn
Professor of Modern History
King's College, Newcastle upon Tyne reviews E. M. Forster 's recently published ' domestic biography' of his great-aunt
The speaker finds its interest far wider than domestic' allows, since Marianne Thornton grew up in the centre of a great movement-Evangelicanism-in its prime, and ' the people she knew and revered were making history and-one might say-very good history too.'

Lyra String Quartet

Gordon Wharton introduces unpublished verse by Kingsley Amis , G. J. Warnock
Bernard Bergonzi who read and discuss their own poems

Watson Forbes (viola)
Alan Richardson (piano)
(The recorded broadcast of Feb. 17)