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Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage,… Read more »

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Shock jock loses free speech case

By Ian Dunt TalkSport radio shock jock Jon Gaunt has lost his case in the high court over an angry interview in which he branded a local councillor a “health Nazi”. The comment came during a 2008 interview with Redbridge councillor Michael Stark, who supported the local council’s ban on placing children with foster parents… Read more »

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Nick Clegg proves the UK isn’t as bad at learning languages as the stereotype suggests. By Sylke Riester The question of language skills levels in Britain rarely strays very far from the public eye, and with the UK ranking second to bottom on a European language skills league table its easy to see why this… Read more »