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As an example of how interest in the APS and the apostrophe is spread over the English-speaking world, I was contacted by the Hindustan Times (the second largest English language newspaper in India). They interviewed me about the APS, and subsequently printed an article back in September last year.

From "The Guardian" newspaper, 7 October 2024 Linguistic body has relaxed rules on use of apostrophe to show possession, not...

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...

The Guardian - UK - Friday 2 August 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/02/yorkshire-apostrophe-row-raises-bigger-q...

This is a selection of links to media coverage of the North Yorkshire Council decision to remove apostrophes from street signs - and the...

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...

I was interviewed on "The Moncrieff Show" on Newstalk National Radio in Ireland on 22 November. Like the Radio 5 Live interview, it was...

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...

Defenders of the apostrophe are right to admire this versatile linguistic device The Times Leading Articles Saturday November 18 2023,...

A recent story from Hampshire, England, about an apostrophe that was dropped when the local council replaced a local road sign has caught...

Further to the article in the Sunday Telegraph, the Telegraph Puzzles team followed it up with this little article extract on 4...

I was interviewed by Jeremy Vine on his BBC Radio 2 programme on Monday 4 September. Here's the audio clip:

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...

The following article appeared in "Saga Exceptional" magazine on 7 September 2023. Author - Hannah Verdier https://www.exceptional.com/li...

The APS is back in The Times again! Here's the story published on 4 September 2023. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/alls-forgiven-apos...

The Sunday Telegraph interviewed me and published an article on 3 September 2023. Reborn Apostrophe Society ‘will never give up defending...

The article in The Times on 12 August finished with a question asking the APS what it had to say about do's and don'ts. I answered, and...

I was excited to have been interviewed by The Washington Post yesterday, and then delighted to have this article by John Kelly published...

I'm thrilled to see that I've been mentioned in "The Times" (a leading UK newspaper) today! The article may be behind a paywall, so I'll...