16 FEBRUARY 1968, page 28

Twilight Of Umpire

AFTERTHOUGHT JOHN WELLS Yes indeed, writes breathless, brittle-moustached man with his mouth to the microphone and his ear to the ground, beer-sodden Alf Burbage, it was cough,......

No. 486: The Winners Competitors Were Asked To Compose An

octet on one of the following subjects : the birth of a Royal corgi; the Unkindest Cut of All; an appeal supporting Mrs Whitehouse's 'Clean Up TV' campaign. After a few weeks of......

No. 488: Octet

COMPETITION Competitors are invited to compose an eight- line poem or stanza of a poem on any one of the subjects given below, using four of the fol- lowing five pairs of words......