A talk by Maurice Cranston on some of the views expressed by C.A.R. Crosland in his book The Future of Socialism.
The gross economic inequalities have gone, but other inequalities - for instance in education - remain. Is it possible or desirable to achieve the kind of social justice Mr. Crosland advocates?
The Hirsch String Quartet: Leonard Hirsch. Leonard Dight Stephen Shingles , Francisco Gabarro
A topical programme on the arts, literature, and entertainment
Three speakers comment on whatever seems of most immediate interest in the world of the various arts: exhibitions, new productions in the theatre, new films and books.
This programme includes a talk by Christopher Salmon on Phidre, performed by the Edwige Feuillere Company at the Palace Theatre, London.
by William Langland
The Deller Consort: April Cantelo, Eileen McLoughlia, Alfred Deller, Gerald English, Edgar Fleet, Maurice Bevan
Neville Marriner (violin), Peter Gibbs (violin), Jean Stewart (viola), Maxwell Ward (viola), John Shinebourne (cello), Ambrose Gauntlett (viola da gamba), Francis Baines (contrabasso da gamba), Desmond Dupre (chitarrone), Charles Spinks (harpsichord)
A series of three talks on ecology by Charles S. Elton F.R.S., Director of the Bureau of Animal Population, University of Oxford
The speaker discusses a field of study in which some of the problems are 'so recondite that even professional mathematicians cannot yet solve the required equations.'
Last of four programmes
An essay in experimental radio
Devised by Andre Almuro and adapted by him from 'Le Journal d'une Disintoxication' by Jean Cocteau
Twenty-four Preludes, Op. 28 played by Cor de Groot (piano)
The celebrated soprano visited London some months ago and recorded this interview with Walter Todds
In the course of the programme she recalls the performances and recording of Der Rosenkavalier and her memories of working with Richard Strauss.
Symphony No. 4. in A played by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Conducted by Ernest Ansermet on a gramophone record
