30 JUNE 1950, page 13

Tug Of War

BODIES tensed against the rope, Strained symbols on an ancient frieze. Muscles stubborn, silent, still. They strive to please Some mock Mars in dynamic rest. Between two......

Ruin-pleasure

By ROSE MACAULAY « / DO like to look at ruins, ruins I love to scan," as Marie Lloyd used to sing. A common human sentiment enough: and one may assume that, like other human......