6 NOVEMBER 1964, page 13

Sjr,—i Must Make Amends: A Poetical Maverick Is Not Simply

a cow—sacred cow would seem to be more accurate. Let me try to answer your corre- spondents in a small space. Mr. Robson, for example, says that 'the fact that certain poets......

Politics And The Community

From Doin.Robert Petitpierre SIR,—Some twenty years ago I had the privilege of hearing the City Treasurer of Birmingham define Politics as 'the care of community.' No better......

The Movement And The Group

SIR,—The correspondence on 'the Movement and the Group' reflects the little cold war that has been going on for some time between the romantics who like to travel solo and the......

Sir,—whilst I 'am Grateful To Mr. Walter For His Letter

in your issue of October 3, 1 am horrified to learn that the process of identification of ballot papers is more complete than I thought. The passage of this Act by a Labour......

Lost, One Editor

SIR,—May I be allowed to comment on three of the points made by Professor Antony Flew in his review (Spectator, October 23, pages 548-9) of my sourcebook, Body and Mind? 1. No......

8 K—a Key Theme Of My Review Of D. H. Lawrence's

Complete Poems was a vilification of the old-style cant criticism of Lawrence, especially the judgment that his later poems were negative and Worthless. This judgment, I said,......

Afterthought

Sut,---While I agree wholeheartedly with the sent. ments expressed in Alan Brie's article, it is neces- sary to point out that Section 6, para. 2 of the Offices, Shops and......