We expended a lot of blood, sweat and tears on this but only the ingenious Chris O'Carroll won the elusive bays. Good for him. We must up our game for this next one.
No. 2709: DEAD END
In the film Wilde, Queensberry, in conversation with Wilde, asks his position on cremation. Wilde doesn’t have one but Queensberry says, ‘When I am dead, cremate me.’ You are invited to take this as your first line and continue, in verse, for up to a further 15. Please email entries, where possible, to
lucy@spectator.co.uk by midday on 10 August.