7 MARCH 1992, Page 45

No. 1720: The new duel

A Times leader-writer recently proposed that the duel should be revived as a means of settling quarrels. Would it be swords or hypodermic syringes? Would women join the fray? You are invited to suppose that a duel takes place in Britain tomorrow and to give an eye-witness account of it (max- imum 150 words). Entries to 'Competition No. 1720' by 20 March.