10 NOVEMBER 1967, page 32

Beyond The Oxgrave

Sir: In his sympathetic review (27 October) of A New Canon of English Poetry, edited by Martin Seymour-Smith and me, Anthony Bur- gess suggests that our representation of the......

High In Society

AFTERTHOUGHT JOHN WELLS During the glittering 'sixties there was perhaps no figure better known or better loved in London society than 'Chips' Brown, the ebullient Foreign......

Tom Paine

Sir: John Higgins (27 October) is understandably critical of the performance of the 'non-play,' Tom Paine, at the Vaudeville Theatre, but he seems to have swallowed a major part......

The Wobblies

Sir: While I was happy to see your very favourable review of my book The Wobblies I was sorry to see that it was credited to Patrick Kershaw and not to......

Competition

No. 474: Sextet Competitors are invited to compose a six-line poem, or stanza of a poem, on any one of the subjects given below, using three of the follow- ing four pairs of......