5 AUGUST 2000, page 51

No. 2150: The Way To The Top

You are invited to write a poem offering cynical advice to a beginner on how to suc- ceed rapidly in a profession or trade. Maximum 16 lines. Entries to 'Competition No. 2150'......

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Competition

Notting Hill again Jaspistos IN COMPETITION NO. 2147 you were given an opening sentence from a futuristic novel by R.C. Sherriff and invited to carry on in imaginative mode. 'I......

Crossword

A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's award-winning, Late- Bottled Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 21 August, with two runners-up prizes of £20......