M y fourteenth letter in The Times Literary Supplement (August 7, 2026 , below ), six weeks ( three biweekly issues ) since the last (old record, 2020: eight then-weekly issues between letters) , now online ( third letter, mostly paywalled), in my Google Drive and due in British mailboxes and newsstands Friday morning (images added) : Letters to the Editor ‘Twilight of the Dons’ Twilight of the Dons , J. M. Coetzee on genocide, Waiting for Godot in Blackpool, etc R ichard Vinen [ reviewing Twilight of the Dons: British intellectuals from World War II to Thatcherism by Colin Kidd , July 24 ] describes the Oxford philosopher A. J. “Freddie” Ayer as having felt aggrieved not to have been recognized by the boxer Mike Tyson. But as the famous story was reported in A. J. Ayer: A Life by Ben Rogers, the cry of lèse-majesté and attendant pulling of rank originated with Tyson. Colin McGinn ( TLS , Ju...