Articles: April, 2008

Ergo, the head honchos of Ergo

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Blade is touched by the genesis of Mehmet Basci’s forthcoming book, World Leaders’ Favourite Poems. “[Basci] wanted to unite, through the love of poetry, some of the world’s most powerful leaders in a dream of peace,” says his website. Basci does not speak English – something which is evident from the number of rogue apostrophes [...]

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Pity poor Thomas Kohnstamm. Retained by Lonely Planet to contribute to various of its much-read guidebooks, Kohnstamm found himself so underpaid and unloved that he had to resort to dealing drugs to make ends meet (as one does). He also found it convenient to write about Columbia without actually going there, thanks to the good [...]

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It is disappointing to learn that Macmillan has decided to drop Andrew Morton’s unauthorised biography of the lawyers’ friend, Tom Cruise. The Hollywood actor is famously willing to deploy lawyers to protect his good name. The effect of this policy, in relation to the UK version of Morton’s book (it was published in America in [...]

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The Observer reported yesterday on Robert Murat’s claim for libel against various British newspapers. Murat, of course, was made an ‘arguido’, or formal suspect, by Portuguese police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. His elevation to arguido status came as a result of a tabloid reporter’s observations about his conduct. Lori Campbell, of The Sunday [...]

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