You might have been wondering why I was keeping this from you. Firstly, it isn't a verse they want, and secondly, every now and again, they don't put the Competition up on the on-line version. So none of you can see it.
OK. Chris O'Carroll won top money for a fine 'excoriating' review of 'The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock. Shame you can't see it. Congratulations to him.. Here is this week's comp.
No 2612: 100 years on
Youare invited to provide extracts from an issue of the Spectator from the year 2109. 150 words max. Entries to Comp 2612 by midday 2 September
lucy@spectator.co.uk