12 JANUARY 1951, page 14

Spectator Competition No. 48

Set by N. K. Boot A prize of £5, which may be divided, is offered for the firSt sentence of a novel which is guaranteed to deter the reader from reading any further. Entries......

Spectator Competition No. 45

Report by D. R. PutItly Problems, whether impersonal. like the dollar-gap, or personal. like the servant probein. eternally beset the human race. A prize of IS was offered for......