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No 637: The Winners

Charles Seaton reports: Competi- tor s were asked to try their skill a t composing a sonnet consisting of fourteen monosyllables. No Specific sonnet form (Petrarchan,......

Competition

No 640: Decirhymes Set by Joyce Johnson: Decimal Day is almost upon us. In an attempt to prevent the confusion which many predict, competitors are asked to compose mnemonic......

Simon Raven On Other Men's Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Lives S. Schoenbaum (our £6) S. Schoenbaum's purpose, first conceived, as he tells us, in Stratford-upon-Avon, is to present and assess all the biographical......