The Daily Telegraph magazine - 3 November 1972

The Daily Telegraph magazine - 3 November 1972
Good condition for age - yellowing to page edges

THE MAJOR AND THE MACARONI - Every single day for the past 18 years a retired Indian Army major has driven round the poorest parts of one of the most impoverished cities in the world delivering a daily ration of macaroni, curry and milk to thousands. The city is Calcutta; the major is Dudley Gardiner; the idea was his own. Christopher Mullin went out with him in the van
1½ pages

ON A LOWER PLANE - Flying a modern airliner - like riding a bicycle - is an acquired art. But the airliner costs a lot more, and so would the mistakes. Nigel Hawkes took a turn at the initiation controls of a simulator of every reality on which pilots are trained
2 pages

TRAIN ROBBER'S ART - The good-humoured train robber, Charlie Wilson, was plunged into despair after he was recaptured and sent to Parkhurst. He took up painting as a sort of therapy and, as these examples of his work clearly show, discovered a talent
2½ pages

ALICE IS BACK TO THE FRONT AND LOOKING NEW - Two new reflections of Lewis Carroll's fantasy world have just materialised. One is a film for children; the other, a fresh look through the famous looking-glass by artist Ralph Steadman. His drawings, as Byron Rogers suggests here, are often truer to Carroll than Tenniel's revered originals
3½ pages

AS WE HAVE LEARNT FROM FREUD THERE ARE NO JOKES - A story by Penelope Gilliatt
3¾ pages