9 DECEMBER 1972, page 15

David Harsent On R. S. Thomas And Other Poets

The poetry of R. S. Thomas, justly admired in the past, always seemed at its best in those sour, reformative lyrics which noted man's spiritual diminution by way of nicely......

On An Under Valued Triumph...

Auberon Waugh The Grey Sheep Peter de Polnay (W. H. Allen £2.00) At this time of year, as I remarked a few weeks ago, publishers bring out novels by foreigners and others who......