I found the short story too hard, but Chris O'Caroll didn't. Well done him for keeping up the honour of the Sphere. I can't help feeling I've seen the new competition before, but I can't find any record of it.
No. 2701 Adlestrop
You are invited to take the opening line of Edward Thomas’s ‘Adlestrop’, substitute a location of your choice for ‘Adlestrop’, and continue for up to a further 15 lines. Please email entries, where possible, to
lucy@spectator.co.uk by midday on 15 June.