31 July The literary calendar
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Thought for the day
If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics – it does not matter that they should be accurate, or even intelligible, so long as there is enough of them.
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Published on this day
- 2016 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling
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- Maggie Alderson: Mosman Library from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Kim Newman: Catriona Sparks, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- J. K. Rowling: Daniel Ogren, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
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