29 MARCH 1968, page 32

Pm Grabs Bbc

AFTERTHOUGHT JOHN WELLS Mr Plumleigh Coughdrop, brother of the dis- tinguished quizmaster and radio personality Chumleigh Coughdrop, has thrown his cat among the pigeons this......

No. 492: The Winners

Trevor Grove reports: Competitors were asked to compose an octet on one of the following subjects: a new Arcadia; a recipe for a haggis; lament for the Green Belt. This is a......

No. 494: The Word Game

COMPETITION Competitors are invited to use the following ten words, taken from the opening passages of a well-known work of literature, in the order given, to construct part of......

Chess No. 380

PHILIDOR Black White 11 men 8 men J. E. Driver (The Field, 1960). White to play and mate in two moves; solution next week. Solution to no. 379 (Mansfield): Q – R 1, threat Q x......