Portraits from Life
MET three people this week over the air, two of whom I should like to meet elsewhere. The third. was F. E. Smith. First Earl of Birkenhead (Smith of My Own Fortune-2YC, February 18), renowned for his rapier wit, used chiefly, it seemed, to take pokes at people scarcely endowed by nature with the means of defending themselves. The compiler of the programme concluded by quoting Sir Winston Churchill’s endorsement "Gay, brilliant, loyal and lovable." But too late, as we were still shivering in the shoes of the squelched. The Portrait from Life of Dr. Agnes Bennett (2YA, February 17), I found equally entertaining, but altogether more heart-warming and inspirational. Third portrait was Sarah Campion’s "My Aunt Katie" (2YA, February 18), a personal reminiscence done with wit and style. And in this case also we found someone whom it would obviously be a pleasure to meet, especially as the wit was her biographer’s.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 814, 4 March 1955, Page 11
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156Portraits from Life New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 814, 4 March 1955, Page 11
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