Well, we nearly did it. Only W.J. Webster prevted a Sphere clean sweep this week. Bazza won by a nose with Frank, Bill, Chris and me biting at his heels. We ALL knew about Wallace Stevens. Of course we did.
The new competition has possibilities.
No. 2670: MR JINGLE
You are invited to catapult Dickens’s Mr Jingle into the 21st century and have him deliver an anecdote (150 words maximum). Please submit entries, by email where possible, to
lucy@spectator.co.uk by midday on 20 October.