I’ve just written a new blog piece for the Longbarrow Press website on the influence of anthologies over the past fifty years, with particular reference to A Alvarez’s The New Poetry (1962, second edition 1966). You can read my opinions on the (undue) importance of anthology introductions and how collections are remembered here. While you are on the Longbarrow Press site it’s worth checking out the audio recordings and films of recent Longbarrow events on the home page here.