The latest competition invited you to give a couple of old nursery rhymes a contemporary twist by composing a new verse that incorporates the lines ‘What are little girls made of?’ and ‘What are little boys made of?’.
This challenge was a potential minefield, given how high feelings run nowadays when it comes to the thorny issue of gender identity.
Lucy Vickery
Spectator competition winners: what are little boys and girls made of?

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