[John Whitworth]

Jayne Osborn won the £300 first prize for the competition on the theme 'Intelligence'. Perhaps she will post it up here together with details of this month's competition. Many congratulations, Jayne -12 Speccies all in one go!!!

[Roger Slater]

Holy crap, Jayne! That's great. Go buy yourself an iPad!

[Holly Martins]

Very well done, Jayne!

[Maryann Corbett]

Huzzah! Yes, we'd love to see the poem.

[Jayne Osborn]

OMG - I had no idea about this till just now, when I read an email from Chris (O'Carroll) ...thank you, Chris, for alerting me!

The first of my German relatives (for the next five weeks) arrived yesterday, so for the last couple of weeks I've been AWOL from the Sphere - too busy tidying up the garden, frantically cleaning the house etc, in readiness - so I'm really out of touch.
I haven't received my Literary Review yet, and can't even remember my entry, but as soon as it pops through my letterbox I'll post a thread with the results, as I undertook to do from last month.

Meanwhile...I'm still stunned - think I'll go and open a bottle of something!
Thanks John, Holly, Bob and Maryann for your kind remarks.

[Julie Steiner]

Wunderbar!