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April 2025 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the April 2025 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. If you're a new member, I've already welcomed...
Bob McCalden
Apr 6
699

January 2025 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the January 2025 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. I wish you a very happy New Year - may your...
Bob McCalden
Jan 2
565

Slow Puncture - by Brian Bilston
Brian Bilston is a brilliant and very clever poet. Here's a punctuation poem example for you:
Bob McCalden
Nov 1, 2024
130

October 2024 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the October 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. As always, thank you for being members and...
Bob McCalden
Oct 20, 2024
547


Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval
From "The Guardian" newspaper, 7 October 2024 Linguistic body has relaxed rules on use of apostrophe to show possession, not...
Bob McCalden
Oct 20, 2024
380

New York Times - Is It Harris’ or Harris’s? Add a Walz, and It’s Even Trickier.
This story appeared in The New York Times on August 10, 2024 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/us/harris-walz-apostrophe-possessive.html...
Bob McCalden
Aug 11, 2024
210

Gerrit in t'bin
The Guardian - UK - Friday 2 August 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/02/yorkshire-apostrophe-row-raises-bigger-q...
Bob McCalden
Aug 3, 2024
461

July 2024 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the July 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. As always, thank you for being members and for...
Bob McCalden
Jul 29, 2024
618
North Yorkshire Council and the Missing Apostrophe
This is a selection of links to media coverage of the North Yorkshire Council decision to remove apostrophes from street signs - and the...
Bob McCalden
May 19, 2024
92

May 2024 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the May 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. As always, thank you for being members and for...
Bob McCalden
May 19, 2024
759

April 2024 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the April 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society. As always, thank you for being members and for...
Bob McCalden
Apr 2, 2024
808


Butter No Parsnips!
They say that "Fine words butter no parsnips". But I was delighted to talk at length recently with the team behind the popular Butter No...
Bob McCalden
Mar 21, 2024
729

February 2024 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the February 2024 newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society! As always, thank you for being members and...
Bob McCalden
Feb 5, 2024
559
Newstalk National Radio - Ireland
I was interviewed on "The Moncrieff Show" on Newstalk National Radio in Ireland on 22 November. Like the Radio 5 Live interview, it was...
Bob McCalden
Dec 17, 2023
42

December 2023 Newsletter
Dear members, Welcome to the December newsletter from the Apostrophe Protection Society! As always, thank you for being members and for...
Bob McCalden
Dec 15, 2023
517
Radio 5 Live interview
Partly prompted by the St Mary's Terrace apostrophe story, I was interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live's "In my opinion ..." slot. The format...
Bob McCalden
Nov 27, 2023
96
The Times view on an apostrophe row: What’s Not To Like?
Defenders of the apostrophe are right to admire this versatile linguistic device The Times Leading Articles Saturday November 18 2023,...
Bob McCalden
Nov 26, 2023
95

An apostrophe is saved!
A recent story from Hampshire, England, about an apostrophe that was dropped when the local council replaced a local road sign has caught...
Bob McCalden
Nov 25, 2023
120


October Newsletter
Dear APS members, As always, I'm pleased to welcome all our new members this month to the Apostrophe Protection Society, and to once...
Bob McCalden
Oct 9, 2023
931
The barbarian's are at the gate *
Further to the article in the Sunday Telegraph, the Telegraph Puzzles team followed it up with this little article extract on 4...
Bob McCalden
Sep 14, 2023
276
Radio 2 interview
I was interviewed by Jeremy Vine on his BBC Radio 2 programme on Monday 4 September. Here's the audio clip:
Bob McCalden
Sep 12, 2023
100
RTE-1 interview
I was thrilled to be interviewed live on RTE Radio1 (Ireland's national broadcaster) on Friday 8 September. Here's a link to the audio...
Bob McCalden
Sep 12, 2023
45
Do rogue apostrophes make your blood boil? Join the club.
The following article appeared in "Saga Exceptional" magazine on 7 September 2023. Author - Hannah Verdier https://www.exceptional.com/li...
Bob McCalden
Sep 12, 2023
133


September Newsletter
Dear APS members, Once again, I'm delighted to welcome all our new members this month to the Apostrophe Protection Society, and to warmly...
Bob McCalden
Sep 11, 2023
87
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