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Canary Wharf has been chosen as one of three sites to dispense short, free, stories to be read on the hoof. An interesting idea.


https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/ ... y-horowitz
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1,3 and five minute stories dispensed for free! Interesting idea. I wonder what the angle is?
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Small inserted ads perhaps.
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More waste of resources and additional litter.
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You don’t have to take one. Those who did would be predisposed to reading I think.
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But what will they do with it once they've read it?
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Wipe their bums?
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Put them in the trash.
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Proving popular with commuters. A bit of a sad indictment on modern society though if you read to the end of the article.


https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/ ... -commuters
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