<> Letters to Stanford Greacen Estate 1974 Oct 10th LHL Wednesday, March 16, 2016 TIFF GreacenStanford173 Letter Northern Ireland Arts Council, Margaret Drabble, Franks Ormsby English https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/greacenstanford173 LHL LHL Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/GreacenStanford173.jpg LHL Archive 27 Pembridge Crescent,x W.ll. 10th October,1974 My dear Derek, Thanks for yrs of 8th. Yes,indeed,I'd very much like to cane on Sat 26th and stay the night. Is there a xx good train arriving about mid-afternoon (pref one that comes direct) ? This visitcan be my birthday celebration. The Captain's dustbin and w.p.b. have some nice little items/ I'd like if poss to do a second Captain Fox book. We'll see how A GARLAND is received. There should be news any day now about N.I. Arts Council decision: to grant or not x to grant. I think Longley seems fairly well disposed and I take it that the committee look to him,as a poet,for a lead. But if Big Ian hears they are dishing out money to a Dublin publisher,well!! Still haven't had the Drabble book from "B and B" but I wrote a notice and sent it to Cis. Valerie has kindly asked me to lunch on 24th (Peggie knows the signifance of that date - United Nations Day ?) Thanks for yr writing to the Petersfield xxxxxx bookshop. Ormsby asked me to write a piece on Denis and I've done about 1,200. I Text