24 FEBRUARY 1979, Page 22

THIS WEEK'S CONTRUBUTORS Alex de Jonge is a Fellow of

New College, Oxford. He recently published The Weimar Chronicle and publishers in the autumn a new life of Pete, the Great.

Alan Watkins is political columnist of the Observer and the author of The Liberal Dilemma.

Hugh Lloyd-Jones is Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford. His books include a translation of Aeschylus, and The Justice of Zeus.

Simon Raven's most recent novel was The Survivors, the last in the 'Alms for Oblivion' series.

Paul Ableman's last novel was Tornado Pratt.

Alan Gibson, who writes on cricket and rugby football for the The Times, is the author of The Mingled Chime.