Time Pieces Competition: Time to look back from the future

YOU may have thrown your Filofax out with the decade, but clearly you believe that those in power have hung on to theirs. Three readers had wonderful fun with their descriptions of items belonging to John Major, Norman Lamont and Asil Nadir. M Barnard of King's Lynn and Colin Edwards of Goring- by-Sea are this week's bridesmaids. The winner, after much deliberation, is this entry by Dr J Barker of Chester, who wins an Oris watch worth pounds 200.

A unique piece of history, the personal Filofax of former Prime Minister John Major. Bound in Civil Service grey leather, it sports the now defunct motif of 'Her Majesty's Government'. Inside is a 500-page treasure trove for the serious historian or CD newspaper.

It contains numerous errata (eg, Clinton for Bush, PoW for Squidgy). Under government appointments, the Chancellor is listed as a puzzling Lamont, Dracula, Bela Lugosi, and we can read the only known copy of the ill-fated Maastricht treaty.

The normal reference section is unique in having a manufacturer and vintage chart for processed peas, and a reference map for transport cafes of England. The government lists show Conservative councillors, MPs and MEPs over a number of decades, though interestingly some of the 1993 pages have 'Bloody nose' stamped over them, presumably references to the numerous cabinet reshuffles in that year.

The Thatcher Institute and the Major Monument Foundation are thought to be serious bidders for this item.

This is the second instalment in our Time Pieces competition. We want you to imagine it is the year 2093. A series of auctions of icons of the Eighties is to take place, and you have to write in 150 words or fewer the catalogue entry for one item. Next week's subject is shoulder pads. Entries to: Oris Competition, Weekend, The Independent, 40 City Road, London EC1Y 2DB.