17 JANUARY 1958, page 26

`merylly, Merylly, Shall I Live Now'

The usual prize of six guineas was offered for a passage of not more than twelve lines of blank verse or 150 words of prose from The Yeomen of the Guard as William Shakespeare......

Chess

By PHILIDOR No. 136. A. BOTTACCHI (New York Sun, 1921) BLACK (5 men) WHITE (7 men) WHITE to play and mate in two moves: solution next week. Solution to last week's problem by......

The Angry Young Man Has Become Established. Competitors...

to write a 'Lament of the Angry Young Man' (not more than 12 lines of verse). Prize: Six guineas. Entries, addressed 'Spectator Competition No. 414,' 99 G ower Street, London,......