6 FEBRUARY 1959, Page 35

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 469 Set by Allan M. Laing

Next to November, February is probably the ',lost unpopular month in the British year. Will competitors attempt, for the usual prizes, to show February plausibly in the best possible light? Verse, not more than 16 lines; prose, not more than 150 words.

Entries, addressed 'Spectator Competition No. 469,' 99 Gower Street, London, WC1, by Feb- ruary 17. Results on February 27.