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Things you didn't know and kinda wish you still didn't - No.1
Blatently stolen from this weeks Popbitch, but it's relevent.
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When News UK unveiled the new TimesRadio logo this week, fontspotters quickly noticed it uses the same typeface as Radio 4. If Murdoch is trying to invoke a subliminal connection with the BBC by using it, then he ought to be careful. He could end up accidentally invoking a connection with something even less savoury.
The typeface in question is Gill Sans, which has been used throughout the BBC in its corporate logos for decades. It was created by Eric Gill: a sculptor whose work adorns Broadcast House.
An artist with a rather unusual private life, Gill's personal diaries reveal that he had a voracious sexual appetite which saw him engage in multiple extramarital affairs – including incestuous ones with his sisters, his elder daughters and even the family dog.
While that sort of behaviour might get you your own kids show at the Beeb, a respectable organisation like News UK might want to think twice about such a brand partnership.
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- there was an exhibition of gill's work last year which had an adult-only room, for his more salacious pieces, a few of which were very creepy.hans_glib
- Thing i did know - Gill was a pervert;
Thing i ddn't know - Popbitch is still going?!Nairn - It's not quite the gossip powerhouse it was in the 00s but it's amusing none the less.Morning_star
- yep, still has it's moments, one of those ancient emails you signed up to but never removed.fadein11
- I get it and still worth it imho. It was originally a bunch of guardian journos, I believe.MrT