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MISSED the beginning of the 4YA programme of readings for the Christmas season, arranged by Dorothy Neale White, and what I did hear convinced me that I could have eaten and digested a much larger portion of this particular plum pudding with great enjoyment. When I tuned in, Dick White was reading from Pepys, with such a perfect style and delivery that I wonder someone doesn’t think of asking him to read a whole programme of thessame writer. I felt that reader and writer were in familiar accord. Interesting, too, on this programme was the description of the Cromwellian attempt to do away with Christmas Day altogether. John Evelyn’s account of his arrest for the crime of taking Holy Communion on that day makes fascinating but grim reading in 1948. The programme ended with some ancient and unusual carols-why is it that the lesser-known carols are only heard in radio programmes or concerts sponsored by the more eclectic type ‘of music-lovers, while the brass bands and school choirs generally regale us with "Hark the Herald Angels" and "Adeste Fideles," as per usual? I was only sorry that I hadn’t tuned in earlier to the programme mentioned; let’s hope the Christ- * mas season will produce a few more such plums.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 497, 31 December 1948, Page 9
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