E. M. Forster by John Davenport
It is more than fifty years since E. M. Forster published his first novel. Today, at the age of eighty, his books are more widely read than ever, while those of most of his contemporaries are neglected. John Davenport discusses the enduring appeal of Forster's novels in relation to the consistency and honesty of his ' belief in disbelief.'

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Janos Starker (cello)
The Goldsbrough Orchestra
(Leader, Emanuel Hunwitz )
Conducted by Alexander Gibson

by Vernon Watkins with an Introduction by the author
Production by Douglas Cleverdon
The Living:
William Squire , Rachel Thomas
Hadyp. Jores , Jeffrey Segal and William Eedle
The Dead:
Aubrey Richards , Basil Jones
Mari Lwyd-the Grey Mare, symbolised by a horse's skull hung with ribbons-is by tradition in Wales carried from house to house on New Year's Eve by a party of singers and impromptu poets. In this dramatic ballad it is the Dead who return, carrying the Mari Lwyd, and the Living who, warming themselves at the fire, refuse entrance to the lonely Dead.