4 SEPTEMBER 1953, Page 16

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 1€6

Set by L. Airey It is proposed that the Labour Party anthem, "The Red Flag," with its references to "martyred dead” and "gallows grim" should be brought up to date. The opportunity might be taken to provide lyrics for all our main parties. The usual prize is offered for not more than twenty lines of a song (quoting tune) for any of the main political parties, by one of the following: Auden, Eliot, Housman, Kipling, Yeats.

Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1, in envelopes marked "Competition," anti must be received not later than September 15th. Results will be puLl shed in the Spectator of September 25th.