11 MARCH 1955, Page 38

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 265 Set by Allan 0. Waith

A London brewery is re-equipping one of its pubs as a Victorian gin - palace, complete with original etched mirrors, porcelain - handled beer - pulls, mahogany panelling and studded leather. Competitors are offered a prize of ES for an ode of delight or derision, in not more than twenty lines, from one of the following : Swin- burne, Lawrence, Chesterton, T. S. Eliot, Edith Sitwell, John Betieman.

Entries, addressed 'Spectator Competition No. 265,' 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1, must be received by March 22. Results in the Spectator of April 1.