6 MAY 2000, Page 59

No. 2137: Dear Brutus

In King Lear Goneril says she has written a letter to her sister Regan. You are invited to provide an imaginary correspondence (one letter from each writer) in modern idiom between two characters in the same Shakespearean play. Maximum 150 words. Entries to 'Competition No. 2137' by 18 May.