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Things In The Top 25 Non Fiction Books Which Are Fiction No Matter How Many Copies They Sell
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Things In The Top 25 Non Fiction Books Which Are Fiction No Matter How Many Copies They Sell
7. Julia Donaldson – The Gruffalo’s Child
12. The Beano Annual*
18. Rowling – Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
21. Derek Acorah &#[…]

Fine and Dandy
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Fine and Dandy
The Today programme, yesterday. John Humphries intriduces a story about the new, glossy, relaunched Dandy.
He begins by fulminating that it’s on glossy paper, has new stories, and Desperate Dan has got rid of his gun. Isn’t[…]

Toe curling moments in political television
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Toe curling moments in political television (apologies for inaccurate transcription from memory but this is broadly correct):
Question Time, BBC1, 7 October 2004. Dimbleby declares that only 60 seconds remain of the programme. Nation thanks its lucky[…]

New Guidelines for Kids TV
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New Guidelines for Kids TV: a little strict, say industry types. The thing about kids watching TV is that generally they will actually turn over or off if they see genuinely disturbing (as opposed to scary or ‘ewwww’) stuff. Also the enti[…]

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