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Competition

On the house

30 September 2017

9:00 AM

30 September 2017

9:00 AM

In Competition No. 3017 you were invited to submit a sonnet containing household tips.
 
You were on sparkling form this week and there were plenty of stylish, inventive entries to choose from. I was riveted by your recommendations and hope to put them to the test, though I might just take John Whitworth’s word for it: (‘Prick sausages and they will never burst./

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