Letter: Why the Ted Hughes estate withdrew biographer Jonathan Bate's permissions

News: Ted Hughes estate withdraws biographer's access

Jonathan Bate: How this decision will change my book

The decision of the Ted Hughes estate to withdraw permission for Professor Bate to quote unpublished, copyright material from the late poet's archive, in the book he is writing about Mr Hughes's work, was not one taken lightly and I set out those reasons below. It should be noted that he has not, of course, been barred from studying documents in what is now the public Hughes archive at the British Library.