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Postscript

Thin ice P. J. Kavanagh A ll politicians believe that centre-stage belongs to them, and become uneasy if we dare to look elsewhere. For this reason they long to take over the......

Co Mpet Ition

No. 1326: Studied irreverence Set by Jaspistos: 'Full fathom five thy father lies: His aqualung was the wrong size.' You are invited to 'improve' other well- known single lines......

No. 1323: The Winners

Jaspistos reports: Competitors were asked for a ballade of 20 lines with the refrain: 'I tried to kill myself three times last week'. Chesterton wrote an excellent ballade with......