Christopher Pittard

Christopher Pittard

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Academic, Course Leader in English Literature at U of Portsmouth; Associate Tutor, Oxford University ContEd. Victorian literature and detective fiction; Arthur Conan Doyle specialist. Next book: *Arthur Conan Doyle* (Liverpool UP, 2028).

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I think all pre/historians need to recognise the important period of 'ages ago' which evidently precedes 'olden times' (all human history pre-1950)

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Their favourite word for dinosaurs. I wonder if anyone still unselfconsciously calls dinosaurs grotesque.

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Darlene Cypser
12 October 2026 20:02

the show?" He confirmed. I said no thanks and told him that we had never paid to be on someone's radio show and hung up. I then called the radio show host and told him about the call. He said he had no idea that the producer was asking people to pay to be on the show.

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Darlene Cypser
12 October 2026 20:02

Usually it is the producer. But even if you receive a call from a "producer" you can run into a scam. About 15 years ago the producer of a radio show of a person I knew called & wanted to book my partner. We talked about some details then he quoted $. I said "You want us to pay you for him to be on

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Pip
10 October 2026 20:24

It's always about the human when this happens, and always the animals that end up paying the price. Hoping and praying the tiger is unharmed.

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