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Publishers Note - December 2011

Royston_Lamond_-_2011What awaits us in 2012?

The next year is upon us. The eternal present, guided by our understanding of the past – whatever that was – gives us some idea of that for which we can hope in the months ahead.

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Publishers Note - November 2011

Royston_Lamond_-_2011“Do you like kindling?”
“Try me. Light my fire!”

Having started late, books in the printed word form are rapidly chasing the digital route taken by music, newspapers and video.

Digital books are now cheaper, easy to download, convenient (an entire library can fit into the palm of your hand) and have the added benefit of anonymity (without a telling cover, the person in the seat next to you on the plane does not know if you are reading Richard Dawkins, Lady Chatterley’s Lover or The Koran).

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Publishers Note - October 2011

Royston_Lamond_-_2011January, February, March... March... March...

The roll-on strikes for pay are costing us dearly. The City of Cape Town, after allowing a peaceful march in its streets by members of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu), was insulted by trashing, vandalism and looting that led to an interdict preventing them from further marching demonstrations.

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Publishers Note - September 2011

Royston_Lamond_-_2011The bucks start here

I come not to bury Rupert Murdoch, but to praise him.

When those in power direct their authority down the line, the ultimate result is credited back to the one on top. So, when something goes wrong, the scramble to shift the blame has reverberations known as ‘passing the buck’!

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Publishers Note - August 2011

Royston_Lamond_-_2011The responsibility of freedom

After 168 years, News of the World – Britain’s most popular newspaper, with more than seven million readers an edition – abruptly closed.

The cause of the demise, now well exposed by international news media, was its illegal hacking of telephones. Most telling and most appalling to all was a report that the tabloid hired a private investigator who allegedly hacked into the mobile phone of murdered Amanda “Milly” Dowler, the 13-year-old girl who disappeared in 2002; listened to her voice mails and deleted messages that gave hope to her parents and the police that she was still alive.

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