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Blackie Boy pub in Newcastle to be renamed over fears it could cause offence

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Owners of Blackie Boy pub in Newcastle will change its name over fears it could cause offence despite being named after blacksmiths that used to work on site Blackie Boy in Newcastle was named after blacksmiths that used to work on site But owners want to change it over fears it could cause offence if … Read more

Novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford is told to change the name of her latest work ‘Blackie and Emma’

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Novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford is told toremove ‘Blackie’ from new book cover over publisher’s racism fears Barbara Taylor Bradford says book title Blackie and Emma has been scrapped She accused publishing house HarperCollins of pressuring her to change title Customers feared to misinterpret name Blackie for term of derision or insult  Taylor Bradford alleged publishers … Read more