6 MARCH 1982, Page 21

THIS WEEK'S CONTRIBUTORS

Eric Christiansen is the author of The Northern Crusades and the translator of Saxo Grammaticus.

Kathleen Raine's collected poems were published last year. Her many books include criticism (From Blake to a Vision) and autobiography (The Land Unknown, The Lion's Mouth etc).

P. J. Kavanagh's new volume of verse is to be published shortly.

A. L. Rowse's books include Shakespeare the Man, A Cornishman at Oxford, All Souls and Appease- ment, and several volumes of verse. David Williams is the author of books on George Meredith and the Benson family. His life of George Borrow is to be published soon.