27 JANUARY 1950, Page 15

Footnotes

Commended: the serialisation of Wuthering Heights on Sunday afternoons. Mr. Compton Mackenzie has continued, in his Royal Encounters and A Year I Remember, to prove himself a broadcaster of great polish and charm. And, as I lay down the pen, news comes that next Monday the indomitable Mrs. Piddington will " read " the thoughts of her earth-bound consort while flying in an aircraft over Bristol. She will then have no more elements to conquer, except