Silly season: Mountains from molehills

Ian Franks decries 'silly season' in which media make much of very little,

Silly season lacks real news stories – whether general or about disabilities

It’s silly season right now. At least, it is in the UK and many other countries. In the US, it is called the slow news season. Elsewhere it can be called cucumber time, or another such term. The reason, of course, is that at this time of year news is harder to come by. Yes, …

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Sombrero Silly Students

  Oh dear, it’s the silly season again. Well, to be totally honest, students’ union officers at a British university have proved just how daft supposedly intelligent people can be. A prime example of such silliness was in clamping down on a bit of fun in the name of fighting ‘racism’ and following their own …