Useful Sampler
Sir: In his review of Henry James : The Critical Heritage (11 October), Professor Ashley Brown appears to deplore close textual study of literary works, because 'it seldom adds......
Between Friends
Sir: 'How,' asks my friend Bill Grundy (22 November), 'do you find out what any par- , illiricular industrial dispute is about after the first day?' and goes on to criticise me......
Sagging London
AFTERTHOUGHT JOHN WELLS Ask any Londoner today, hunched in his utility overcoat on the corner of some windy, garbage- littered street in this crisis-racked, austerity- ridden......
Oldest Subscriber ?
Sir: This is a letter from an old Welshman who is today (16 November) celebrating his eighty- eighth birthday. He claims to be the oldest subscriber to the SPECTATOR, having......
Official Rebel
Sir: I am surprised and saddened to see an exercise in character-assassination in the pages 4 6f the SPECTATOR. In this instance it seems to me that it is not the Soviet......
The Whitefriars Club
Sir: The Whitefriars Club, Fleet Street's oldest literary institution, which lately celebrated its centenary, is lacking a large part of its records; and the club's committee......
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