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Postscript

Illusory whelks P. J. Kavanagh H ardly a day passes without one of our representatives in the House of Com- mons accusing another member of being too dim to run a whelk-stall.......

Low Life

Thanksgiving Jeffrey Bernard Memphis, Tennessee T he first stop the Mississippi Queen makes after leaving New Orleans on its journey to Memphis and beyond is 265 miles up river......

Competition

No. 1349: Santa Claws Set by Jaspistos: Please propose a catty Christmas present, and add up to 16 lines of appropriate verse, for a well-known public figure. Entries to......

No. 1346: The Winners

Jaspistos reports: Competitors were asked for an extract from an awful Nature Col- umn of yesteryear. D. B. J. kindly sent me a passage from Saki's 'The Jesting of Arlington......