‘Describing John Clare in a letter, the bookseller Ned Drury wrote: “He is low in stature ... ungaitly – awkward – is a fiddler – loves ale – likes the girls – somewhat idle – hates work.” This was a little unfair, but not entirely wrong.’ Camille Ralphs on the poet: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Ads have been so extra sleazy lately I can’t tell if this is for Payday candy bars or payday loans.

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35 years ago today, October 17, 1991, #TheSimpsons episode “Homer Defined” first aired on Fox. Guest-starring Jon Lovitz and Magic Johnson.

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One of the things most noticeable about this moment in time is that we’ve taken the concept of being stupid from an ontological state of existence into a practicable ideology open to people from all walks of life

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Oh to be a fly on the wall in the conference room meeting with HR over this

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