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No. 1332: The Winners

Jaspistos reports: Competitors were asked for a richly Johnsonian comment, in verse , on the modern scene. In Skye Boswell wrote in his journal: showed to Dr Johnson verses in a......

Chess

Harry's game Raymond Keene A lthough it is outstanding perform- ances by young players which normal- ly attract the headlines (such as Michael Adams's draw with Kasparov, or......

Postscript

Brotherhood P. J. Kavanagh T ong afterwards, what I most clearly L./remember about a trip to Russia — to Leningrad — is two visits to a Russian Orthodox service. One tires, in......

Competition

No. 1335: Women's lit. Set by Jaspistos: Browsing at a station bookstall, I noticed a women's magazine offering two stories entitled 'Beware the Office Romeo' and 'Blonde for a......