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The Latest from Boing BoingUK library lending down, generation of readers to go missing?
By Cory Doctorow on Jan 20, 2012 10:02 am
Charlie Stross looks at some leading indicators of library decline in the
UK, which he attributes to cuts and closures, and notes: "if the drop in my
PLR loans reflects library closures, then we have just slammed the door in
the face of a new generation of readers. I got my start reading fiction from
...
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Bankster might lose his knighthood
By Cory Doctorow on Jan 20, 2012 09:00 am
Fred "the Shred" Goodwin, an infamous figure in Britain's aristocracy and a
symbol of finance industry greed and incompetence, stands to lose his
knighthood. Goodwin was knighted for "services to banking," and a few years
later presided over the collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland, which the
British public had to bail out. Goodwin ...
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