In Competition No. 2764 you were invited to provide an example of a Spectator columnist stepping into a fellow columnist’s shoes.
It was a smallish entry by comparison with recent weeks and the standard was somewhat uneven. Deborah Ross proved a popular if elusive target. You struggled valiantly to capture her voice but no one completely pulled it off though Brian Murdoch came closest. The bonus fiver goes to Noel Petty, who played a blinder. His fellow winners take £25 each.
I have recently discovered a most ingenious and useful device. Since I am reluctant to deface the old rectory where I live with aerials, ‘dishes’ and the like, my access to television is necessarily restricted. My London flat has no television, contrary to the BBC’s firm belief that such a thing is impossible, an idée fixe that I may have mentioned here previously.
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