12 JULY 1969, page 14

Abstract Art

STUART HOOD Murderous Angels Conor Cruise O'Brien (Hutchinson 30s) We Bombed in New Haven Joseph Heller (Cape 35s) Conor Cruise O'Brien has chosen as his play's theme one of the......

His Nibs

ROBERT BLAKE Isaac D'Israeli James Ogden (ouP 35s) Isaac D'Israeli, a celebrity in his day, is now remembered less in his own right than as the father of a famous son. This......

Books

Lament for the makers MARTIN SEYMOUR-SMITH The verse-receptive audience now covers a remarkably wide spectrum. The Times has w ritten 'the situation now for modern poetry is......