16 JANUARY 1971, page 25

Competition

No 639: Heave ho! Set by M. K. Cheesetnan: The Boat Show is with us again. Com- petitors arc asked to celebrate it with a sea shanty (not more than sixteen lines) for all......

Letters To The Literary • Editor

Siberian trip Sir: Tibor Szamuely (Letters 9 January) has not replied to the points 1 raised in criticising his review of Involuntary Journey to Siberia, attributed to Andrei......

Comic Cuts

Sir : Like Mr Christopher Reekie I enjoyed Benny Green's article on boys' papers, but must enter a mild protest at the way in which two relative johnny-come-latelies as Strang......