20 DECEMBER 1968, page 6

Crossman's Cross

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS This little gnome played the market, This little gnome stayed at home, Rang up in burst of ill-humour To spread a ridiculous rumour That Jenkins was bouncing......

How Virtue Triumphed Over Progress

OXFORD LETTER MERCURIUS OXONIENSIS GOOD BROTHER LONDINIENSIS, I hear no more as yet of Mistress Starkie's great duel, and so I go straight to the main matter: the long warre......

Ends And Means

STUDENTS IAN MacGREGOR Christmas is the time for parlour games, and there is one I commend to everyone with a taste for irony. It involves nothing more than reversing the old......