18 SEPTEMBER 1982, page 29

Low Life

Martyred Jeffrey Bernard w hen you dream, as I did last night' that you've been picked to open th .i e batting for the MCC against Australia all u come the great day you can't......

Competition

No. 1236: Old favourite Set by Jaspistos: Over 20 years ago, in a New Statesman competition, Desmond Skirrow barbarously boiled down Keats's 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' to: Gods......

No. 1233: The Winners

Jaspistos reports: 'Shall I compare a sum- mer's day to you?' The Poetry Critical Ser- vice exists in order to put misquoters right. Competitors were asked to rewrite the......

Chess

Power play Raymond Keene Moscow A s might be expected, the most enter- taining play in the Moscow Interzonal has been provided by the firm favourite, Gary Kasparov. Kasparov's......

Competition Entries To Enable Competitors To Economise On...

for one or more weeks of the competition and crossword may be posted together under one cover addressed 'Competition Entries' provided each entry is enclosed in a separate......