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... that Madam Ghurka who was a notorious fortune-teller, was awarded £1,000 in damages after being described as a notorious fortune-teller? Source: see the article, the
the ADB and
this newspaper
Comment: If you find an error then feel free to fix it. There is an image but its not very hooky. If you can improve the hook or see a better one then please be bold.
Cited: Yes. Interesting: Yes (and also quite funny). Article age is fine. QPQ is done. Overall, good to go. P.S., this is only my second review, so if I made a mistake please let me know.
Di (they-them) (
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04:07, 9 October 2023 (UTC)reply
Fortune telling (an illegal activity) is in the first few words of the ref. I guess you could have been throwing bombs, sentenced to death, escaped from a Russian prison, stabbed, killed someone, been a secret agent, called a liar by a judge, give false witness that causes a man to be hanged, have a book written about your perjury .... and not be notorious ... but it would be a first. She herself confesses that Madame Ghurka is "well known". I think this passes the duck test.
Victuallers (
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22:53, 9 October 2023 (UTC)reply
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Victuallers: Thanks so much, that was my take as well, but now the admin who promotes to queue will know we had a talk about it. I will promote. Have a great week.