1 MARCH 1968, page 29

A Phoney War

AFTERTHOUGHT STRIX If a war cannot be prevented from breaking out, it is normally the aim of men of goodwill to stop it spreading and to bring it to an end as quickly as......

No. 490: Octet

COMPETITION Competitors are invited to compose an eight- line poem or stanza of a poem on any one of the subjects given below, using four of the fol- lowing five pairs of words......

No. 488: The Winners

Competitors were asked to compose an octet on one of the following subjects: a belated Valentine; a 'Buy British' entreaty to drink English beer instead of imported wines; tele-......