22 JUNE 1991, Page 52

No. 1684: Malediction

Belloc's poem against the 'remote and ineffectual Don/ That dared attack my Chesterton' was, in his words, 'a Rhymed Octosyllabic Curse'. You are invited to write one of up to 16 lines on any person or thing. Entries to 'Competition No. 1684' by 5 July.