You were asked for some incongruous combinations of book and author who’s been in the news recently Set by Leonora Casement

Report by Ms de Meaner

Well done. I did ask for people who had been in the news recently as your suggested authors. So . . . I frowned on Dr Mengele, Venus de Milo, Paul Johnson (NS editor, 1965-70) and Oedipus Rex. A £5 book token to all the winners, except Tom Donnelly and Anne Du Croz, who get £15. In addition, the Tesco vouchers go to Keith Mason for extra excellence.

The Road Home by Michael Palin

Bill Greenwell

To Kill a Mockingbird by Bill Oddie

David Silverman

The Rights of Man: Germaine Greer

J H Smith and J Seery

Confessions of an English Opium Eater by David Cameron

J Seery

Just William by Kate Middleton

Martin Knight

The Invisible Man by Alan Titchmarsh

The Quiet American by Michael Moore

Vile Bodies by Gok Wan

Tom Donnelly

The Pursuit of Happyness by Lynne Truss

Shirley Curran

The Rough Guide to Jordan by Katie Price

John O'Byrne

The Secret Garden by Alan Titchmarsh

Michael Cregan

Facing Up to Modernity by Her Majesty the Queen

M E Ault

Under the Radar by Heather Mills-McCartney

Lost for Words by Gordon Ramsay

Brendan O'Byrne

A Bear Called Paddington by Gillian Gibbons

Alanna Blake

Can You Forgive Her? by Sir Paul McCartney

Rich Man, Poor Man: Conrad Black

Adrian Fry

Great Railway Journeys by Jeremy Clarkson

The Complete Book of Hairstyling by Donald Trump

Keith Mason

Time Out With God by Richard Dawkins

Sara Spain

Lord of the Flies by Spider-Man

Harry Glenister

The Private Lives of Birds by Bernard Matthews

Overcoming Shyness by Russell Brand

Calling the Shots by Sir Ian Blair

Anne Du Croz

No 4011 Protesting with style

Set by Ian Blake

"The protest is unusual in modern Anglicanism both in its courageous iconoclasm and in its stand against Mr Mugabe," wrote the Times about the Archbishop of York, who celebrated Advent by cutting up his dog collar on television, vowing not to get a new one until Robert Mugabe's regime is ended. We would like some equally flamboyant empty gestures, as chronicled in the press, which might be made by public figures, past or present, in fact or fiction.

Max 125 words by 17 January

Email: comp@newstatesman.co.uk

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