TLS Newsletter - Surveying London, Rowan Williams, T. S. Eliot

December 11, 2008 Times Literary Supplement BULLETIN THE LEADING PAPER IN THE WORLD FOR LITERARY CULTURE Anthony Kenny Disputes with Hans Küng Andrew Hadfield Fair Rosalind Cynthia Haven Acclaim for Zbigniew Herbert Seamus Sweeney Rabid in Britain Welcome to the TLS newsletter, a free preview of the TLS this week. This week's issue of the TLS Surveying London Westminster Abbey is 950 years old, the Dome occupies twenty unhappy acres in North Greenwich; Alfred Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone and "Ho Chi Minh, we learn, once washed dishes at the Carlton Hotel". Rosemary Ashton explores the city, in all its oddity and variety, and explains why it deserves the full encyclopedic treatment. An academic Archbishop Biographies of successive Archbishops of Canterbury are usually books about dead men, but Rupert Shortt, religion editor of the TLS, has produced a Life of Rowan Williams, A. N. Wilson finds, that has sympathetic things to say about its subject but also offers insights into these theologically troubled times. Translated merfolk April Warman praises Paul Muldoon's translations of Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, an Irish poet whose subjects have come from "Land Under Wave" to live on dry land. In the rest of the paper, you will find the language of Venice, the methods of Stanislavsky and, of course, In Brief. commentary The fair Rosalind: Andrew Hadfield asks what's in a literary name - especially in one that was not only popularized by Spenser and Shakespeare, but shows how one poet read and responded to the other. Hugo Williams works at his poetry; and having taken the encyclopedia view of London, Then and Now turns to James Boswell, one of its liveliest chroniclers. NB perambulates into Camden, catches Napoleon in an aphoristic mood, and reads the New York Times at its most punctilious. In this week's letters, the subjects include creative writing courses, a perfume called Mon Image and Irish amnesia. arts No! here and now! When it came to writing plays, T. S. Eliot could see what was wrong with his own efforts, but only after he had given up on them. Oliver Reynolds sees how the actors in the Donmar Warehouse's Eliot season cope with the particular demands of his poetry. Clive Sinclair finds the Wild West in East London; Andrew Porter finds Vaughan Williams and Sibelius at the Coliseum. Clive Sinclair finds the Wild West in East London; Andrew Porter finds Vaughan Williams and Sibelius at the Coliseum. In the next issue of the TLS Susannah Clapp Curtain up on a theatrical dynasty Karl Miller Seamus Heaney, countryman H. J. Jackson Hand-to-mouth literary lives Robert Skidelsky How the crunch became a crisis This week's TLS The latest edition is in your newsagent now Subscribe today The leading paper in the world for literary culture; get the TLS for less Please forward this newsletter to friends or colleagues who may be interested, and who can also sign up for free at www.the-tls.co.uk If you no longer wish to receive the TLS Bulletin, please click here to unsubscribe. If you wish to speak to a Customer Services Representative, please call 020 7860 1133. You have received this e-mail from a member of the News International Group. News International Limited, 1 Virginia Street, London, E98 1XY, is the holding company for the News International Group and is registered in England No 81701. VAT number GB 243 8054 69. Times Newspapers Ltd is a member of the Direct Marketing Association and registered under the Data Protection Act 1998. To see our privacy policy, click here