15 SEPTEMBER 1990, Page 53

No. 1645: Wislonry

My friend A.N.Wilson has perfected a new journalistic technique — interviewing celebrities over 80 and eliciting interesting confessions, even indiscretions. You are invited to imagine him operating in the past, coping with an octogenarian such as the Duke of Wellington, Florence Night- ingale or Bertrand Russell. Maximum 150 words. Entries to 'Competition No. 1645' by 28 September.