A series of talks to mark the tercentenary of the Royal Society
7-Brain and Body by G. W. Harris , F.R.S.
Fitzmary Profesor of Physiology in the Institute of Psychiatry,
University of London
Maidenly blushes and manly rage are both controlled by a mechanism that appears to be centred on a very small section of the brain-the hypothalamus. Through the mediation of hormones in the bloodstream,. this control is extended to many other bodily processes. Research is revealing the details of this mechanism and opening up possibilities in the selective treatment of some abnormalities of human behaviour.

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Amici String Quartet:
Lionel Bentley (violin) Sylvia Cleaver (violin) Harold Harriott (viola)
Joy Hall (cello)
Second of five programmes each including a quartet by Haydn and a quartet' by a twentieth-century composer.

by Christopher Martin
Democracy is not a religion. There is no democratic ideology. There is,' however, a danger of making our democratic procedures a fetish and politics an obsession.