[The Guardian] No CCTV on William Blake’s pleasant pastures seen | Brief letters

No CCTV on William Blake’s pleasant pastures seen | Brief letters

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Philip Hoare was lucky in not finding William Blake’s grave crowded (Butt-naked Milton and a spot of fellatio: why William Blake became a queer icon, 2 June). It is the favoured meeting place of Jackson Lamb’s crew in the Slow Horses novels and TV series, as it doesn’t have CCTV surveillance; as much under the radar as the artist himself, and his wife.
John Starbuck
Lepton, West Yorkshire

• Philip Hoare’s article made me wish someone would revive Adrian Mitchell’s musical Tyger, performed by the National Theatre in the early 70s. The music alone deserves a wider audience.
Cecil Heatley
Bromley, London

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