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The Semicolon

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 4, 2025August 18, 2025

  So many people are afraid of the semicolon. I don’t use it as often…

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The wonderful jewellery of Millie Savage

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on January 28, 2022January 24, 2022

I love the glorious jewellery of Australia-based Millie Savage. She takes traditional hearts, stars, pear-shapes,…

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Daily Mail with its daily fails – can you spot them?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on August 28, 2020August 2, 2020

When I studied journalism I quickly learned that many of the best journalists had ghastly…

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Typing speed

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on December 26, 2016December 25, 2016

When I was at school, we were streamed when we were 15, spending the last…

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How layout and design was done in journalism when I trained

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 20, 2015March 11, 2022

I even have my Rapidograph .13mm pen, which is now well over 30 years old.…

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About malaria and Monty

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on January 4, 2014September 14, 2015

Thinking of my dear friend and colleague Monty Cooper who died of malaria eleven years…

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My new Theme – Opti

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 26, 2013

Today a reader asked me about my new layout so I thought I would pop…

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The photographer from the Kenyan mall massacre

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 24, 2013September 25, 2013

As news from the horrible events unfolding in the Westgate Mall in Nairobi began to…

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Whistle-blower

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 22, 2013September 24, 2013

Meaning A person who tries to raise the alarm about a problem and publicises it…

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Oscar Pistorius Murder Case – two good articles

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on June 4, 2013September 24, 2013

I am not one for big news stories where people come crawling out of the…

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