A reader has sent me the following Enoch Powell anecdote, suggesting that Kingsley Amis was not the only person who thought Powell barmy:

“Shortly after he was elected to Parliament, [Powell] had a chance to meet with Winston Churchill who had just been re-elected PM. After the meeting a bewildered Winnie said to a friend, ‘Who is this young lunatic who has just told me how many divisions I will need to reconquer India?’”