17 MAY 1957, page 21

Poet In Winter

A small room with one table and one chair, This man who writes, then cancels what he writes, Tears up the sheet, runs fingers through his hair; His violent longing makes a......

The Animals

Old men in caps and waistcoats mumbling pipes Sit on the quay and stare at the empty streets; While dodging the ships across the oily water Goes the Saturday sunshine, in bright......

Books

The Accused By CHRISTOPHER SYKES T HE year 1815 bears a close and therefore somewhat misleading resemblance to 1919 and 1945. One important thing all three years had in common :......