24 JANUARY 1969, page 27

Sentimental Journeys '69

AFTERTHOUGHT JOHN WELLS At this chilly and inclement season of the year, writes Barry Grovel, Advertising Manager of the Sundry Trash, a lot of people, very naturally, start......

No. 537: 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......

Chess No. 423

PHILIDOR White Black 8 men 10 men V. Zabunov (Hon. Men.. BCF Tourney 113). White to play and mate in two moves; solution next week. Solution to no. 422 (Fink): Kt - Kt 6, threat......

No. 535: The Winners Trevor Grove Reports: Competitors...

vited to compose an extract from the plot of a new political thriller set against the background of a Commonwealth Conference in London. Evidently disappointed by the negligible......