I know. They are the first seven batsmen in the new England Test team. Mike Oolite's cover drive is sheer delight. Damn! That rhymes.
No. 2853: ground work
You are invited to incorporate the following words (they are real geological terms) into a piece of plausible and entertaining prose so that they acquire a new meaning in the context of your narrative: Corallian, Permian, Lias, Kimmeridge, Oolite, Cornbrash, Ampthill. Please email entries (wherever possible) of up to 150 words to
lucy@spectator.co.uk by midday on 18 June.
Speccie groundwork by 18 June
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