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Collins Dictionary has named its [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/collins-dictionarys-10-word-of-the-year-from-brexit-and-snowflake-generation-to-jomo-a7395121.html ten words of the year]. Predictably, ''Brexit'' is the word of the year but among the other is the Danish word ''hygge'', which we mention in our review of the enjoyable memoir [[A Piece of Danish Happiness by Sharmi Albrechtsen]]. That was in 2013, so you can see we are ahead of the game!
There's also some news from one of literature's most enduring controversies: the Shakespeare authorship question. Did he or didn't he write them all or indeed, write them all by himself? Well, an international team of 23 academics have decided that Christopher Marlowe’s work on the plays of William Shakespeare was extensive enough that he [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/christopher-marlowe-to-get-co-author-credit-in-shakespeare-editions-a7377226.html deserves a credit]in future editions of of Henry VI, Parts One, Two and Three. More notoriety for Kit!
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