not least Roger Lewis: "Time wounds all heels," he quipped when I saw him. But he has since accused Lewis of being unqualified for the job in a letter to a newspaper. Otherwise, he has some noteworthy supporters, too. From an electoral roll comprising the Convocation (students who collected their degrees) and Congregation (the university "parliament"), Monty Python's TGP Jones, the politician AW Benn and--better known for his initials--the writer AN Wilson have all given him their nominations. But after a lifetime spent in the counter-culture, you wonder why Horovitz wants to hang out with the squares of academe?from London Evening Standard: Portrait of the beatnik as an old poet
also Daily Telegraph: Roger Lewis: Now here's what I call poetry
also Daily Telegraph: Oxford Professor of Poetry candidate is under-qualified, claims rival
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