30 APRIL 1977, Page 16

Dylan Thomas

Sir: What on earth made George Gale write that disgusting article (23 April) about Dylan Thomas? There must be something about a real poet that upsets a certain kind of person.

But surely you must realise that such attacks injure the Spectator's reputation more than that of Dylan Thomas. In the same issue, D.H. Lawrence was also insulted.

Paul Potts 4 Cruikshank Street, London WC1