3 APRIL 1982, page 19

The Wild Colonial Boy

P. J. Kavanagh T he poet Roy Campbell managed, splen- didly, to antagonise on purpose just about everybody who could push his reputation. (He did not talk of his 'bog- trotting......

A Passionate Professional

Peter Quennell Letters from Colette Selected and t ranslated by Robert Phelps (Virago £6,95) amous women novelists are seldom as communicative as we had hoped they might be.......