Mixed reviews
Sir: I am certain that there will be many punters like myself who will regret Giles Auty's decision to leave The Spectator and take himself off to Australia.
I began taking The Spectator because of his contributions, relishing the sound sense he wrote and his deep concern for the wretched deal which the young get in our art schools.
He has given heart to those brave enough to swim against the tide of Modernism and there are many more than he may think, and of all ages. His influence also, of course, stretches to those who spend money on works of art, and whose small carefully chosen collections mean so much to the health of the artist-patron relationship.
We shall miss him, but he is one of the crit- ics who won't be forgotten — a splendid gad- fly forever stinging the arse of that lumbering trade union horse, 'the modern outlook'. He is a born radical. Lucky Australia!
John Ward
Bilting Court, Ashford, Kent `She threw this book at him'
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