16 SEPTEMBER 1955, Page 29

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 292 Set by Guy Kendall Competitors are

asked to imagine that Omar Khayyam were alive in present-day Persia, and, for a prize of ES, to furnish not more than three quatrains from his pen. Entries, addressed 'Spectator Competition No. 292,' 99 Gower Street, London, WCI, must be received by September 27. Results in the Spectator of October 7.