29 MARCH 1968, page 31

Pm Grabs Bbc

AFTERTHOUGHT JOHN WELLS Mr Plumleigh Coughdrop, brother of the dis- tinguished quizmaster and radio personality Chumleigh Coughdrop, has thrown his cat among the pigeons this......

Sir: Mr Martin Seymour-smith (22 March), Like Some Other...

of Mr Gittings's John Keats, appears to ignore the period in which the poet's twenty-five years were lived. Not only was it a time of mental transition and much physical change......

Keats: The Poet And His Letters Sir: No Author In

his senses would quarrel with as generous a review of his book as that given by Mr Seymour-Smith to my John Keats (22 March); but, since Mr Seymour-Smith so kindly praises me......

• Sir Steuart Wilson

Sir: I am planning to write a book about my late husband, Sir Steuart Wilson, and wonder if any of your readers can help. Any material, e.g. concert programmes, letters, notes,......

Sir: Mr Arthur Shenfield Is Having Some Fine Fun With

his bad economists (22 March). Whether the distinguishing mark of G. D. H. Cole was or was not 'a fecund and facile mediocrity' is I suppose a matter of opinion; but will you......

Dolce Francesca Adams

Signor Direttore: In questo mondo cosi travag- liato da crisi di qualsiasi genere, e' salutare, anche se con ritardo, leggere Lord - Egremont's 'Dolce Francesca Adami' (9......

On The State Of Bad Economics

Sir: While heartily endorsing Arthur Shen- field's general, attitude to recent economic theorists I think it necessary to point out that his remarks on Henry George are......