AT THE REQUEST OF LOCAL AUTHORS & JOURNALISTS, PART 34, CANCELLED KATE CLANCHY GETS NEW PUBLISHER, ROWAN ATKINSON, EVERY JOKE HAS A VICTIM, & A COLUMN FROM KYLE SMITH

One of our most popular series here at the blog. The metaphysical---and not so metaphysical---book burning continues......a quick one:

AN UPDATE ON "CANCELLED" KATE CLANCHY--SNAPPED UP BY NEW PUBLISHER--Kate Clanchy’s Orwell prizewinning novel has found a new publisher, just weeks after she split with Pan Macmillan in a cancel culture row.  Her book Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me will now be published by Swift Press, they announced today.  MORE AT https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cancelled-author-kate-clanchy-snapped-up-by-publisher-swift-press-s7z7w7k50

AND ‘Every joke has a victim’: Mr. Bean star Rowan Atkinson slams cancel culture; MORE HERE.

AND THE LATEST FROM KYLE SMITH -- SEE THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: IN THE NEWS - NY POST - ANTI RACISM FOR 4 YEAR OLDS SHOWS HOW DESTRUCTIVE THE IDEOLOGY IS

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SEE THE LAST EDITION OF THIS SERIES AT  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2022/04/at-requests-of-local-authors.html

BY SPECIAL REQUEST: CROTON'S ALLEN FUNT, LONNIE ANDERSON, VALERIE HARPER, MENTION OF HIS CROTON HOME, 1979

Welcome to Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship----in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.

As you know, Allen Funt--of Candid Camera fame---was one of Croton's most notable residents. You can read more about that here.

Click on the 1979 article from The Star Presidian which features Funt, Valerie Harper, Lonnie Anderson, and mention of his Croton home.

The Star Presidian was a local newspaper printed for the residents, soldiers, and civilian workers of the Presidio of San Francisco. It is in the public domain.