I am sad to announce that Philip Hobsbaum died last week at the age of
seventy three.
A poet, critic and teacher, Philip was closely involved with writers in
Cambridge, London, Belfast and Glasgow, where he taught from 1966.
His experience in Belfast was recorded in the collection of poems, +Coming
Out Fighting+, and that of Glasgow in +Women and Animals+. One chapter of
his major critical work, +A Theory of Communication+, is a revealing
transcript of a session of the London Group in the sixties.
While his major impact was as a mentor of poets -- perhaps one of the finest
of our time -- his own work shouldn't be forgotten.
Robin Hamilton
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