13 DECEMBER 1969, Page 6

XMBE

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS

To be or not to be—that is the question, But is there not perhaps a third suggestion? Might is not prove a more convenient crack To take the thing and then to hand it back— Thus when publicity is on the wane, Ensure we hit the headlines once again? A Beatle, when he fears he's on the shelf Prefers to call attention to himself, But, to be frank, it has been sometimes said That things were better when he stayed in bed,