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Don't judge these books by their titles
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 25/11/2018
» It is generally agreed that a snappy title helps the sales of a book, although some can be a real turnoff. With this in mind, for 40 years the English literary magazine Bookseller, has been holding an annual award for the oddest book title. Also known as the Diagram Prize, last year's winner was the enthralling The Commuter Pig Keeper which just edged out the thought-provoking Nipples on My Knee.
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Seeing red as Sgt Nop takes over lights
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/09/2016
» Reports that Bangkok police have been ordered to abandon computerised traffic lights and return to manual handling have not exactly been greeted with dancing in the streets by the city's long-suffering motorists.
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When things didn’t go like clockwork
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/03/2016
» A couple of years ago there was a fuss when it was decided to introduce digital clocks into the Thai parliament. Centre of the storm were 10 parliamentary officials responsible for spending nearly 15 million baht on the clocks, a sum many thought was exorbitant.
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‘Wee County’ has its moment in the sun
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 21/09/2014
» On Friday morning, I was in couch potato mode, observing the results of the Scottish referendum on the BBC. A number of analysts were in the studio to discuss what might have been history in the making, although it didn’t quite turn out that way. By 5am in Scotland, some of the experts were definitely wilting, with their thoughts turning to the more important matter of bacon sandwiches for breakfast.
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Flying comma' sails through another skirmish
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 31/03/2013
» Just over four years ago the headline in ''PostScript'' read ''A catastrophe for the apostrophe''. It was admittedly bit of a slow news week, but it was an issue of some concern to those who don't like people messing about with the English language.
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