21 MARCH 1969, page 36

Tearaway Island

AFTERTHOUGHT JOHN WELLS From the sea, writes our correspondent at the Department of Strange Affairs, M Crawlin Legume, the island of Angleterre looks harmless enough: a huddle......

Chess No. 431

PHILIDOR Black White P. Monreal and J. P. Boyer (second prize. Ring Tourney 1967). White to play and mate in tau moves; solution next week. Solution to no. 430 (Boudantzev): Kt......

No. 545: Recipe

COMPETITION Our Spring Books lead this week—Sylvia Townsend Warner on The Verneys of Claydon — gets off to a fine period start with a recipe for ink : `To make Inke. Four ounces......

No. 543: The Winners

Trevor Grove reports: Competitors were in- vited to use ten words, taken from the opening lines of a well-known play, to construct part of the script for either a play, musical,......