the state of boredom you go into when you read people arguing about grammar is called an oxford coma

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The people who are saying this will be a hoax or a stunt of some kind are right. Channel 4 rarely commissions new game shows, never puts them on at that time, and the commissioner is a guy who loves shows that are misdirections. This ‘betting their own money’ thing is another massive tell.

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Judges do not appreciate people being smart arses about active legal cases *and* you can end up making it worse for potential victims.

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There’s a lot of people thinking they’re being very smart by making posts with obvious references to the work of the person trying to gag the newspapers or talking about two ‘unrelated’ stories. That can be a very expensive game.

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Recent access restrictions to the BBC Written Archives Centre in Caversham represent a serious threat to scholarship in modern British history. My new article explores the history of the WAC, including debates over access and ownership of its collections

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