22 JULY 2000, page 51

No. 2148

`Sir,' Charles Babbage, the 'father' of the modern computer, once wrote to Tennyson: In your otherwise beautiful poem The Vision of Sin' there is a verse which reads — 'Every......

Crossword

A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's award-winning, Late- Bottled Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 7 August, with two runners-up prizes of £20 (or,......

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Competition

Damning with praise Jaspistos IN COMPETITION NO. 2145 you were invited to supply an extract from a review of an imaginary book, film or play in which the reviewer's enthusiasm......