Yatterings

Joe Gordon over the Forbidden Planet blog has news of the rediscovery of an early Postgate series, Pingwings. I know its often harked at but you don’t tv like this anymore and it is a shame. Bring back inventiveness and gleeful rule breaking.
The first episode 
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The Guardian books section has this interesting comment by Anne Fine, the former Children’s Laureate, on her latest book:
‘She has a duty as a writer, she added, to make the world more accessible to children by explaining it to them.
“I wanted my readers to understand how important politics are, to understand how these things reflect on all their [...]