28 AUGUST 1982, page 29

Low Life

Unsporting Jeffrey Bernard T York last week for the Gimcrac k Stakes. British Rail took me there an d they brought me back and they never ceas e to amaze me. If I was on the......

C O Mpetition

And there you sat, scribbling and crossing No. 1233: Improving the Bard Set by Jaspistos: "Shall I compare a sum- mer's day to you ... ?" Even Shakespeare must sometimes have......

No. 1230: The Winners

Jaspistos reports: Competitors were asked to supply part of an ode in which a bird is unenthusiastically addressing Man or a man. It all began with Chesterton's 'The Skylark......