16 FEBRUARY 1985, page 39

Low Life

Sightseeing Jeffrey Bernard I n just a few weeks' time I am going to conduct an American girl on a guided tour of London and some of the parts of England that I hold dear or......

Competition

No. 1359: Q for ? Set by Jaspistos: Some people have thought that each letter of the alphabet by its sound and shape inherently suggests certain qual- ities (a activity or......

Postscript

Seasonal P. J. Kavanagh S aint Valentine's Day is traditionally the day when birds pair off, and year after Y e ar, on cue, birds begin to flutter round e ach other, and......

No. 1356: The Winners

Jaspistos reports: Competitors were asked for a teenage Valentine poem in the appropriate jargon. This was an educational comp. for me; since my jargon has not kept pace with......