Description | Incoming and outgoing correspondence, predominantly concerning politics and gerontology. Correspondents include: <li>Comfort's letter to <i>The Independent</i> regarding civil violence in response to introduction of the Poll Tax. (Comfort's copy dated 3 April 1990) <li>Peace Pledge Union <li>University College London (UCL) Library regarding the depositing of Comfort's papers <li>The Research Institute for the Care of the Elderly at St Martins Hospital, Bath <li><i>BMJ</i> <li>Woodland's Trust regarding "Comfort's Wood" in Kent <li>Letter to <i>The Guardian</i> regarding the Poll Tax (Comfort's copy dated 15 May 1990) <li>Grafton Books regarding Comfort's science fiction novel <i>Tetrarch</i> <li>BBC regarding interviewing Comfort for a programme about J B S Haldane <li>The Society for Process Thought. Correspondence re.a seminar and a draft paper on the underclass in modern America. <li>Louis Kauffman (mathematician and topologist, author of <i>Knots and Physics</i>) <li><i>Solidarity: A Journal of Libertarian Socialism</i> <li>Michael Randle (English peace campaigner and researcher known for his involvement in non-violent direct action in Britain, and also for his role in helping the Soviet spy George Blake escape from a British prison. He was on the Committee of 100 with Comfort). Randle is responding to a newspaper article in the <i>Sunday Times</i>, 29 January 1989 [included in the correspondence] in which Comfort says he knew about the plan to spring Blake and makes comments about Randle. <li>Newspaper cuttings about the charge against Randle and Pat Pottle [springing Blake from prison] <li><i>Solidarity: A Journal of Libertarian Socialism</i> <li>Caleb Ellicott Finch (American gerontologist) <li>Century publishers regarding possible revised editions of <i>Reality And Empathy</i> and <i>I And That</i> <li><i>The Lancet</i> <li>Correspondence regarding Comfort's appearance on <i>Nightflyte</i> TV show on Scottish Television, alate night discussion programme on the topic of "Over the Hill?" <li>Summons from Tunbridge Wells and Cranbrook Magistrates Court for non payment of The Community Charge (aka the Poll Tax) <li>Dorothy Urquhart of Focus 60 (group for the over 60s) <li>Paper on Sir Peter Brian Medawar, Biologist, for <i>Nature</i> magazine <li>Correspondence with Macmillan publishers, in which Comfort expresses his views on the press (7 and 9 August 1990) |