13 FEBRUARY 1953, Page 15

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 1 . 57

Set by M. H. Middleton

It is often suggested that industry must now exercise in the arts the patronage that was formerly the duty of the nobility. Competitors are to imagine that they are an executive of an advertising agency that really believes this to be true. They are invited to compose an explanatory covering note to the managing director of Bubbli-Cola (Great Britain)* Ltd., to accompany a projected poster campaign by Francis Bacon, Salvador Dali, Ben Nicholson, Picasso, Stanley Spencer or Graham Sutherland. Limit 200 words. Usual prizes.

' Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.I, in envelopes marked " Competition," and must be received not later than February 25th. Results will be published in the Spectator of March 6th.