Spectator Competition: August society
In Competition 3363 you were invited to write a poem about holidaymakers from a local’s perspective. Thanks to Paul Freeman…
Spectator Competition: As they prefer it
In Competition 3362 you were invited to submit a passage from Shakespeare as rewritten by the sensitivity reader. The entries were…
Spectator Competition: To the letter
In Competition 3361 you were invited to submit a passage or poem whose meaning was affected by some missing, substituted…
Spectator Competition: Wrong ’un?
In Comp. 3360 you were invited to submit a passage or poem in which a fictional villain offers their side…
Spectator Competition: Pitch battle
In Competition 3359 you were invited to present an account of a historical event as football commentary. There were enough…
Spectator Competition: Outta Palo Alto
In Competition 3354 you were invited to put yourselves in the shoes (or head) of a tech billionaire. Perhaps unsurprisingly,…
Spectator Competition: Beg to differ
In Comp. 3350 you were invited to write a refutation of a well-known line from literature. Ian Jack once imagined…
Spectator competition: Marking time
Competition 3349 invited you to write a poem riffing on the line ‘I have measured out my life with coffee spoons’,…
The spooky side of Savannah
Savannah GA is supposed to have lots of ghosts, but I’d forgotten that. It was an April morning and sunlight…
Baby love
I like Radio 4 — you can have it on in the background burbling away for hours and hours without…
Baby love
I like Radio 4 — you can have it on in the background burbling away for hours and hours without…
Baby love
I like Radio 4 — you can have it on in the background burbling away for hours and hours without…
Courchevel
The last time I stayed in Courchevel it was in a tatty roadside chalet a long way down the mountain.…
Courchevel
The last time I stayed in Courchevel it was in a tatty roadside chalet a long way down the mountain.…
Notes on …The Tarn Valley
Why didn’t I know about the Tarn Valley? I’d often been right next door. But here, north-east of Toulouse, between…
Incredible string band
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain are performing at the Albert Hall: playing their tiny instruments in a very big…
Incredible string band
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain are performing at the Albert Hall: playing their tiny instruments in a very big…
