A revolution diary
Sir: Never up till now have I read in the SPECTATOR a despicable article. I am sorry to say that this has now happened with Miss Nancy Mitford's so-called 'Revolution diary' (31 May and 7 June). The three young men she saw on television and whom she disliked sis much were M Geismar, M Sauvageot and M Cohn-Bendit. The latter's name is spelt with an `e' and not with an 'a' as Miss Mitford well knows from the newspapers she reads. Your correspondent also forgot to explain that the three youngsters were facing on the screen three seasoned journalists who relentlessly attacked and vilified them. Mostly a certain M Pierre Hardy, well famed for his 300 per cent gaullist opinions. In fact, as every honest onlooker could see, the three young men came out of the encounter looking much more decent than their critics. The youngsters played cricket, the others did not.
I shall not insist on the poor, miserable re- marks of Miss Mitford expecting to get drunk on champagne with the maid who is also going to lend her money to live on. poor dear. But, as Miss Nancy Mitford—or maybe her name is Unity—wishes to have a word or two with M Cohn-Bendit's mother, may I remind her that Mrs Cohn-Bendit died lone ago, having suffered persecution at the hands of the friends of Miss Nancy Mitford's sister?
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