18 JULY 1952, page 14

Spectator Competition No. 127 ,

Set by Arthur John Not everybody can run away and play on August bank-holiday. A prize of £5, which may be divided, is offered for a poem, in not more than 16 lines of English......

Spectator Competition No. 124 Report By Edward Blishen A...

of £5 was offered for a history of the world in five sentences. Competitors were in a solemn mood. For so fantastic a task some cunning, evasive, witty or fanciful approach was......