An opera in three acts by MICHAEL TIPPETT
See below and page 26 ACT1

When Darkest Africa seemed lightest by Christopher Fyfe
For centuries Europeans were influenced by strangely favourable visions of inland Africa. Mr. Fyfe , author of a recently published history of Sierra Leone, draws on his own experience of West Africa in talking about them, and about their effect on British colonial policy there.

ACT2

by Michael Argyle
Lecturer in Social Psychology, Oxford University
Michael Argyle believes that the results of recent research into the origins of the conscience have important implications in the field of crime and punishment. These implications relate to the degree of responsibility that can properly be imputed to criminals, and also to the kinds of treatment likely to bring about their rehabilitation.

ACT3
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reads a selection of his new poems
The young American, W. S. Merwin , recently returned to the U.S.A. after living for some years in London and in the Dordogne.
Before his departure he recorded these recent poems, which include ' Bread and Butter,' ' To My Brother Hanson,' and ' Home For Thanksgiving.'