Prudence required

If I'd received this email from The Times I'd consider it impersonal and rude, especially as it knows who I am through my membership number.

But when it's sent to a lovely older lady like Joan C, well it sounds downright patronising.

Would you like sugar with that, dear?

Riciculin

I don't know how you feel about this referendum campaign poster.

Frankly, I find it particularly patronisin.

However, take a look at this article in The Times and you'll see that it thinks it's riciculous.

Weasel words

The Times has been a-changin' the spellin'.

As Jon C says, that budger cull has clearly been highly effective as we haven't seen a budger in ages.

If ever.

Nelson's columns

As tweeted by @socratic, an article in The Times about a documentary made by Peter Ustinov reported this little-known information about the former President of South Africa.