10 JANUARY 1987, page 36

Competition

Surprise, surprise Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1453 you were asked for a review of a book written by Mrs Thatcher, no longer in active politics, on a Most unexpected subject.......

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No. 1456: A Doggone Shame

A verse epitaph, please, serious or comic , for a pet, conventional or eccentric (max- imum 10 lines). Entries to 'Competition No. 1456' by 23 January. No letters , please,......

790: Hearty By Doc

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £12.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first......