2 MAY 1969, page 28

In The Pink

Sir : With reference to Mr Martin Seymour- Smith's review of the Cowden Clarke book (25 April), I wonder if, it -wou14 , be of interest to give Keats's fascinating vignette of......

Away To The Maypole Hie !

AFTERTHOUGHT JOHN WELLS As that golden age of the late twentieth cen- tury glowed into its iridescent climax, loud with the insistent thrumming of deep-bellied guitars and the......

After The Budget

Sir: The Treasury Knights have all got Ks And keys to an ivory tower And they sit at ease and jingle their keys In a large black Humber car. Their policy lies in pieces, Their......

Keep It Clean

Sir: Stephen Gardiner (18 April) is entitled to denigrate his own country as much as he likes, but he should get his facts right first. `Since the French have discovered that it......

Over-exposed

Sir: What has Miss Olivia Manning done to throw Maurice Capitanchik this way? His piece about her novel The Play ROOM (11 April) seems to show a lack of judgment. I read and......