13 MARCH 1971, page 15

The Spectator's New Writing Prize

The closing date for entries, post- poned because of the postal strike, will now be Friday, 19 March 1971. Children's Competition Entries for this competition, included in the......

John Wood On The Rise And Fall Of Sterling

Sterling and British Policy Susan Strange (our , £4.00) In this pioneering investigation into the rise and fall of sterling as an international cur- rency, Miss Susan Strange......

David Hare On New Thrillers

Sleep and His Brother Peter Dickinson (Hodder and Stoughton £1.40) Just one good thriller in a dreary month with more than the publishers' usual quota of simplemindedness. While......