Today, Elsewhere
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Darrell Pitt on writing The Firebird Mystery: A Jack Mason Adventure, over at Readings.
New words added to the Oxford English Dictionary in March include beatboxer, bestie and c**ted.
Emrys Westacott: Why Amazon reminds me of the British Empire.