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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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Tories: We’ll save your local paper

By Ian Dunt The Conservatives have launched their plan to save struggling local papers, which have been shutting down at a staggering rate before and during the recession. The party will conduct a review bureaucratic regulations around the ownership of local newspapers and will allow local newspapers to consolidate, both with each other and across… Read more »

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Tank Girl - one of the strips critics say could be affected
Comic artists take on the government

By Ian Dunt Comic book artists are joining forces to battle a new law outlawing depictions of children in sexual situations, arguing that it could inadvertently criminalise legitimate artists and fans. To read analysis of the law click here. The law was buried deep in the coroners and justice bill, which passed through the Commons… Read more »