21 FEBRUARY 1987, page 20

Reithed In Smiles

Kenneth Robinson writes an open letter to the new director general of the BBC Dear DG, Like earlier DGs, you must be wondering exactly what it was about your predeces- sor, Lord......

The Last Of Bloomsbury

Nicholas Henderson looks back over the long hatred of convention shown by Frances Partridge WHEN, telling her on the telephone that Gerald Brenan had died, I expressed sym-......