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LS a0PFey eccoiia ESVALI o ftTab A 3-0 (Gia AEWCAST 1 ‘in, r LEEGE- pea Ae age nat ftee PMmisawi eiLaATt ay co SuaqWwEHe ITER eOeFIRE:FFIELO ereringiand STOREOWTRENT OLAaay The Journal of the British Broadcasting Corporation. _ Vol. 14, No. 172, [oatE . 0 .HasaNeveu JANUARY 14, 1927. The Arm -chair Millennium. By ROSE ‘MACAULAY, . BRIGHT millennium (why do we thus the tedium of going out and coming back attained perfect convenience. There will limit our expectedfelicitres to periods and. the discomfort ot being surrounded still be lite to be lived, and I, for one, feel of a thousand years ?) seems to be by other people as noisy and tiresome as strongly that we ought not to have the rapidly approaching. Itiis to be a millenfinm ourselves (for those in our homes we should trouble of living it, Evernthing ought tobe ot comfort and ease; an arm-chair milien- beable, with a Jitth firmness, to Keep in done for us by whatjis, oddly«enough, called num. orderj——here. indeed is bliss, only a little wireless, and what I, observing the tangle, What preachers have, for the last several marred by the fact that we cannot: choose as of nests of ape rs, Which crawls: profusely ‘centuries, called ‘this age of hurry and what play wé see, but must accept what 15 about my own set and runsdown my Passage, unrest ' is drawing to a close. Al ready i prefer to call wires, we-need not leave our happy homes in order Yes; everything should ‘be done for us+ ‘to hear music, for we have- music pouring why not? Itis rumoured that we ay S00n toto our sitting rooms, bedrooms, of have russhing into our homes over the wires “wherever we elect. to’ hearit, Nik Imoere, all kitids of domestic help: unseen power elther, need we ¢o out to dance, for dance will come at. our need, and will clean our music fills our passages and parlours and rooms, wash our dishes, cook our feed, rin we can Charleston round the dining-room | up meals to our arm-chairs on electrically anvhow until midnight. propelled tables, make our beds,. turn on- Noris it necessary to.sally forth in search our baths, divest us of our clothes and dress of oratory lif we chance to have a taste for Ws again, shaveous, wash us, do our’ han, ‘this pleasure), for ever amd anon, and quite fling ws inte bed. Hs oiten enough to suit most of us, the sonorous And as to our recreations, why showid-we not have dinner parties by wireless of an -woices of eloquent speakers declaim into our “drawihg-rooms. ‘Nor need Sunday evening evening, instead: of sallying out from ofr services any more be attended‘in person, for ae homes to the homes of others? Turn ais those of us who have a fancy for these can | on to any dinner party where there %jollity, “join in prayers, hymns, psalms and sermons aa Wit, the feast of reason and the flow of soul, “Sitting on our own sofas. Many persons, fransmic to us the taste " savoury Vianide indeed, do this who never dreamed, nor ever (this should be a simple business) “and det “wrentel dream, of being found within a us sit ‘and enjoy the evening without trouble, « church. een lt maybe objected that, it everyéne thus a Fee ee PTSESOEee| As to the drama, the arrangements for its ETtiah bh Feo, cb sat at home, there would bene dinner transmission to an atrm-chair audience are parties to be broadcast to them, Dut-te not yet completed; at present they caw Miss ROSE MACAULAY, well-known journalist and muthor of witty and provide these should,. of course, be theJ taste.” “only hear it, which is unsatisfactory, if shrewdly satirical novels, amongst which of the stati at Savoy Hill. As for the publie- Teconomical and comfortable ; but one under- listeners will reall * Potteriem, ‘Orphan Island’ houses, they may as well, when thest ar- stands that before long television will give and *Crewe Train,” ig here to be found among rangements are. completed, close down, for Us quite a good view of thestage and per the prophets—in ane ted. serious-a vein: every Sensation “they provide of liqdor formers: “That; for many of us, will be the piven 8, And; af our taste ts rather: for, the imbibed: will be conveyed to us, and even, millennium, To see and hear a play. every sient Drama, we shall doubtless. be able li desired, the sensation of having inbibed night, without further trouble and expense soon to beheld that too, captions and all, too. much, than one's own ‘wireless set entails, without All the same, we Shall not even then have (Contiaued overleaf.) =eee — RADIO TIMES —— LJanvany 14, 1937. Lectures by Wireless. The Arm-chair Millennium, (Continued from the Previouspage.) A Glance at the New Syllabus of Talks. But broadcasting w i l l have to become also more s e l e c t i v e ; each set owner must be ROM ita inception able Grant Roberteon, of Birmingham University, on to call for what he wants and get it: four yeara ago the ‘Empire Builders,” a series of. biographical skotehes he will set his wa velength for a Scotch Britiah Broadcasting and of six historic figures, On Thursdays, Mr. R.-R. splash, or a small lager,or a large Company: held that its Marett, Reader in Social Anthropology in Oxford raspberry syrup, without necessarily inflicting these duty was to provide University, will give a course on * The Making of beverages listeners. not only with Man, which promises to be a particulacly interesting on others, light entertainment, but series on the heginnings of law, marriage, religion _ Indeed, this matter of individual selection alan with recreation in aml the other foundations of human society. Mr. % the most important o f the points which the the widest senge of the Maretwill be followed in the lather half of the term broadeasting authorities must sce to. term. It waa realized by Mr, W. P. Pyeraft, of the Natural History In a world with go many million d i f f e r e n t that the * tired business | Mureum in- Bonth Kensington, on ° Nature's tastes a n d : d e s i r e s , itis nat t o b e Prof. C.-H. REDLLY. expected man’ and the weary Camouflage,” « series of talke on the coloration of that we should all want to see and hear the atimalc.. On Fridays, Professor C, H, Reifly, the manual inbowrer did same things, At present there is nearly nol want only jaz music or comic songs, ex- | head of the famons Echool of Architecture at the always SOMmeone i n each home ready ooflent-thopeh thease might be in mght proportion University of Liverpool, will give wix weekly talka to say turn that nonsense o f f * just when the and ai the right time, and it was realized too thot loon ‘Some Modern Buildings,’ in conjanetion. with others are enjoying thousands of listeners, young and old and in all a course planned by the National Home Reading themselves. ‘There is neo reason why walks of life, were ready and cager to enjoy the Union, and after him Professor:Charlton, of Man- one l i s t e n é r should’st enjoy ' Who's pret musicians, and the preat#penkera and teachers. chester, will give five talka on “Poetry and the my Baby?" while others listen +5 [hiring the past few years, therefore, talks on Plain Man." Bach, Debussy, or Sir Oliver Lodge on the many subjects of general interest have been fitted In additten to the above, there will be a double atom, into the ordinary programme. These tolks may course on Wednesday afternoons at 3.45, planned * the ‘millennium, those of us who have not dave ‘pleased everyone, but they! have un- in. coneiltation. with the National Federation. of a whim io s@e a little country land- dowhtedly stimulated and attracted a very larger Women's Tnetituies, and designed to be of special scape, Wit hout the trouble of taking a bordy:of fisteners. This policy i# one which the new interes’, to countrywomen. Beginning on January walk ora journey, will be shown vignettes of Corporation intends to follow as closely as.did tha lf, Mis Rhoda Power will give six dalke on eld Company. ‘Village. Life in Olden Tics, and on March 2 fields, woods and Janes which would cause Many listeners are now beginning to ask for Mra. Ke W: Meyer will becin a series on. * Citizen others to expire of boredom. Those who aomething more, There is a growing demand ship in Practice, wish to do so will be able to enjoy country for talks that are more definitely educational, Organiza lion en scenery without the tedium of "living in Listeners are asking for information about the gaged. in any kind. of Kent and being content,’ or of * going to ‘developinents of modern science, litemture anid adult -edmention, sth Surrey and living without worry,’ while philosophy. These enquiries are coming fram the aa working men's bhobs, | those more urban souls who find the hore the | many thoughtiul meh and women who have grown tutorial. classes, and other counties distasteful; and prefer up without a chance of knowing some-of the faneln- VLC A. and Y.W.C.A., Art to Nature, will instead look at picture menial truths about the workl we live in, and about eto., which can promote the formation of groupe exhibitions from their chairs (but Heaven the Tawa that govern our minds ‘and our bodies, forbid that those who lack this taste should and the arta of muzic, poctry and painting, of ther fjembers to Bven within the bounds of tho present general listen and discure these have to do so), And for those with a taste for literature programme it is potatble, by a sight re-arrange- talks, may like to ment of timing, to provide this service without know “that certain of there will be reacing aloud of infinite variety, giving any Jess in the way of entertainment to Mr.