link: PayDay loans and libraries | Phil Bradley’s weblog

There seems to be something of a coming trend for libraries to block access to PayDay loan company websites … These all do seem to be at the behest of the local political masters, rather than (thank God) the Library staff themselves. Sorry – maybe I missed this particular lesson, but when was it deemed…

Rude Britannia: Erotic secrets of the British Museum

According to the Times Online The British Museum and British Library have some of the biggest collections of smut in the world. They just published an informative and slightly humorous article on the contents of the so-called Porn Cupboard that begs to be read with your coworkers on your next coffee break: Most of the…

Dear Random House…

Dear Random House, I’m really disappointed that you have bowed to the pressure of 3 complaints about the word “twat” in Jacqueline Wilson’s latest novel My Sister Jodie. This Guardian article explains the context: The book is about Jodie, who is “bold and brash and bad”, and her younger sister Pearl. During the course of…