While the BBC reduces the Booker Prize to stunt reading (“I push away comics, Doctor Who, Playstation, television, DVDs and the internet. [sic] All of a sudden this does not seem such a good idea.” Oh, we weep at this young man’s sacrifice.), the real authority, MOTEV, weighs in over at Mark’s. Among some of the more shocking revelations: an official stance on Zadie Smith’s qualifiations and a forthcoming handicap of the awards.