27 MAY 2000, page 59

Solution To 1462: Foresighted

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No. 2140: Lead Balloon

In a recent Spectator Toby Young described (and quoted from) a speech he made as best man at a wedding which did not amuse the audience. You are invited to supply an extract......

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 12 June, with two runners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of......

Competition

Dear Brutus Jaspistos IN COMPETITION NO. 2137 you were invited to provide an imaginary correspon- dence in modern idiom between two char- acters in the same Shakespearean play.......