19 DECEMBER 1952, page 17

Spectator Competition No. 149

Set by Marghanita Laski There exists a revolting form of humour that parodies famous lines so cunningly as completely to overlay their original flavour. A classic example is......

T1je Opettator, &umber 18tb 1852

ENGLISH opera, after years and years of gradual decline, has now fallen to the condition of a puppet - show; the Marionettes, at the St. James's Theatre, are the only operatic......

Spectator Competition No. 146

Report By .1. A. R. Pimlott Readers were invited to submit an excerpt from The Mad Hatter's Christmas Party. THE probItm for competitors was to achieve a convincing balance......

The Painting

The house lives there yet in its summer haze, Red sandstone in thick-rooted ivy it is very old, A drive leads to the house through lawns of baize Past the three tall sycamores......