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And here's a nice piece of news.''Clockwork Orange'' author Anthony Burgess's lost dictionary of slang has [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/03/anthony-burgesss-lost-slang-dictionary-discovered been found] among his archives. Burgess only managed three letters and several hundred entries but there are some gems in there and it reminds of how much he - and we - treasure language. We particularly liked this bit - ''arse: I need not define''. Ha!
What else? Oh, yes! Are you watching the adaptation of [[The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood|The Handmaid's Tale]] on Channel 4? Ok, perhaps it's not the cheeriest of books for this positive newsletter but it's a fantastic adaptation, beautifully shot and acted. We can be happy about a wonderful piece of work even if it is about serious things with very worrying current ramifications, right? As we always say, literature - and adaptations of it - is a are vital tool tools of resistance.
'''Golden Hour'''
