The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society

Volume 9, Issue 1

Issue date: 01 December 2008

Contents: The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society 2008	iv
Editorial Peter Tolhurst	v
Janet Machen 1917-2008 Ray Russell	1
Barcelona	3
Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Letters to Oliver Stonor	9
Soldiers and Sickles ( The Countryman , October 1937)	17
A Visit to the Founder Ronald Blythe	19
Robertson Scott and The Countryman Neil Philip	24
A Life-long Love: Bo Foster and Valentine Ackland Judith Stinton	35
Nefarious Activities’: Sylvia Townsend Warner, Valentine Ackland and MI5 Surveillance, 1935-1955 Judith Bond, Mary Jacobs	40
Review: New Collected Poems: Sylvia Townsend Warner edited by Claire Harman Glen Cavaliero	59
Review: Journey from Winter: Selected Poems: Valentine Ackland edited by Frances Bingham Gillian Spraggs	63