Lucy comments on the influx from the USA (that's you folks). Chris O'Carroll and Bill Greenwell (a brilliant effort if I may say so) kept up our honour in writing anthems to Counties and States.
No. 2608: Descriptive power
You are invited to submit a poem in praise of adjectives (maximum 16 lines). Entries to ‘Competition 2608’ by midday on 5 August or email
lucy@spectator.co.uk.
This is surely a goodie. The ghost of William Schwenk Gilbert stirs. I put my big ear to the ground.