Perhaps surprisingly, none of us managed a win this week. Congratulations to Walter Ancarrow for an hon mensh. Looking at the winners, he said I hope not sourly, I can't help it being borne in on me how difficult this is, and what genius Carroll had.
Onward and upward. This competition looks good. I'm thinking of stuff already. Brad Pitt? The Grand Canyon?
NO. 2717: against the grain
You are invited to supply a poem expressing distaste for something or someone widely considered to be beautiful (16 lines maximum). Please email entries, if possible, to
lucy@spectator.co.uk by midday on 5 October.