I have been sent the following from the august Ig Nobel academy which, I
believe, says a great deal about the trade of journalism.
www.dailyrotton.com/archive/159929.html
Orion will be publishing, next autumn, a fabulous new 'bestseller':
The Ig Nobel Awards
The Annals of Improbable Research
which catalogues improbable real life science in the manner of our
best-selling Darwin Awards.
Peter Tallack
Publishing Director, Science
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Orion Publishing Group Ltd
Orion House
5 Upper St Martin's Lane
London
WC2H 9EA
Tel: +44 020 7520 4482
Fax: +44 020 7240 4823
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