http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/robert_lynd en http://www.newstatesman.com/200611060058 http://www.newstatesman.com/200611060058 Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:00:00 GMT Robert Lynd Taken from the New Statesman archive, 28 January 1933 The subject is as pertinent today as it ever was, and though you may not agree with the argument I doubt if you have seen it more eloquently or genially made. Lynd (1879-1949), who wrote under the pseudonym "Y Y", was a mainstay of the magazine for decades, and his essays, usually on frothier topics than this, were so popular they were routinely republished in anthologies. Selected by Brian Cathcart

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200604100048 http://www.newstatesman.com/200604100048 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:53:00 GMT Robert Lynd Taken from the New Statesman archive, 4 April 1925. Lynd wrote for the New Statesman for more than 30 years, usually (as in this case) under the pseudonym "Y Y". A socialist and an Irish nationalist, he is best remembered for his epigrams, including "Happy is the child whose father can acquit himself with credit in front of its friends", and "The belief in the possibility of a short, decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions" - Brian Cathcart

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