[John Whitworth]

In the Insomnia Competition Bill Greenwell nearly made it, Marion Shore won (again, Marion!) and Chris O'Carroll got the fiver, well-deserved in my view. Congratulations all round. Full results under Competition. Any secret snivelling from me because I have not won lately ought to be sternly suppressed because this competition MUST have my name on it. And a lot of your names too. Gilbert did actually do burlesques of Shakespeare (whom he didn't rate much at all).

No. 2641: Will power
You are invited to submit an adaptation by W.S. Gilbert of a scene or a soliloquy from Shakespeare (16 lines maximum). Please email entries, where possible, to lucy@spectator.co.uk by midday on 31 March.