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Letter: Letters : . . .

Published 6 July 1996

From Jon Courtenay Grimwood

London

The best university slogan, one almost surreal in its excellence, appeared a
couple of years ago in an advertisement for Kingston University (which I
attended in the days when it was a simple polytechnic).

“Kingston University, in association with Guinness—pure genius”.

How’s that for a slogan that combines the three essentials of student life,
exaggeration, alcohol and arrogance…

Issue no. 2037 published 6 July 1996

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