AI book prize judges face a major speed-reading challenge | Brief letters
Prix Pascal de Littérature IA | Dickensian solicitors | Cleobury Mortimer | Great Tapestry of Scotland | From Bayeux to Britain The deadline for submissions to the Prix Pascal de Littérature IA, 30 November, is also the date when the shortlisted entries are due to be announced ( New prize launches for books co-written with AI, 21 October ). It would be interesting to know how the prize-judging jury – whose members are yet to be announced – will be making instant evaluations . Dr Mahlet Zimeta London • One of the delights of travelling through Suffolk in the last century was the Dickensian firm of solicitors evoked by a road sign on the A140 just outside Eye, pointing west to Yaxley, Mellis and Stramit ( Letters, 20 October ). It is long gone, replaced by a shinier one, but only Yaxley and Mellis remain. Clearly no longer a partner, whither Stramit? Richard Lee Leigh-on-Sea, Essex Continue reading...
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