A Letter From The Publisher: Aug. 5, 1966

IN a recent column, Humorist Art I Buchwald claims that he hopped into a London taxi shouting, "Take me to your swingers." To which the cabbie replied: "Oh, you read the TIME magazine cover story too." After Buchwald failed in several attempts to find the swinging city we described (April 15), he went to the Time & Life Building on New Bond Street. There he watched correspondents watusi with comely researchers. "On each desk was a champagne bucket," he writes, "and when they saw me, someone forced a glass into my hand. 'Welcome to swinging London!' a secretary cried. I could...

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