19 APRIL 1957, page 28

Knife, Fork And Plate

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 372 Report by C.G. Boswell tells us that Dr. Johnson once used to 'be sadly plagued with a man who wrote verses, but who literally had no other notion......

Spectator Crossword No. 936

ACROSS 1 Hooded graduate gets a cup, too (8). 5 The Twa Dogs'? Fluffy, too! (6) 9 It takes more than nuclear fission to get this blue (8). 10 The old approaches are so drab (6).......

A Prize Of Six Guineas Is Offered For Not More

than sixteen lines from what might have resulted if Coleridge had written the 'Yarn of the Nancy Bell' (W. S.'Gilbert), Pope 'Come into the Garden, Maud,' A. E. Housman......