16 MAY 1969, Page 32

No. 553: Brief life

COMPETITION

John Aubrey, alive, well and performing nightly at the Criterion thealre, Piccadilly, must un- doubtedly have something pertinent to add to the hagiographical controversy recently stirred up by the Pope. Competitors are invited to sub- mit extracts (maximum 100 words) from 'A Brief Life of a Demoted Saint.' Entries, marked 'Competition No. 553,' by 26 May.