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Reprinted with kind permission of Barry Baldwin himself, who years ago had to endure yours truly as a student. Errors in transcription naturally accrue to the latter. Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. (Hamlet 2.2.195) Another of my periodic flits to the 18th century. Orwell remarked that slang tells you a…

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Hodie est VIII Id. Septembres 2772 AUC ~  8 Boedromion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad In the News Excavations unearth Hellenistic-era temple in western Turkey – Daily Sabah  Digs uncover Tavira’s Roman past in ancient town of Balsa – Portugal Resident  Police scramble to Hadrian’s Wall to stop ‘nighthawk’ metal detectorists damaging…

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