Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year Especially considering the prize champions 'odd titles' and "not" 'odd books' (see the Man Booker for the latter)". The winner was originally voted for by a panel of judges, but since 2000 the winner has been voted for by members of the public via the Internet. Bent resisted this move and threatened to resign, but he later reconsidered and now creates the short list of finalists. Also, the title of the book must be in English, although the language in the book can be any language. In September 2008, a book about the Diagram Prize was published by Aurum Press
Richard Newby, Baron Newby Yeomen of the Guard. In September 2012, he was appointed Treasury spokesman in the House of Lords. In September 2016 he was elected Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords replacing Lord Wallace of Tankerness. Lord Newby has been married since 1978 to the Rev. Ailsa Ballantyne Newby (née Thomson, now the Canon Residentiary of Ripon Cathedral); they have two sons. According to the House of Lords register of members interests, he jointly owns, with his wife, two flats in Lambeth, London, which are rented out. Richard Newby, Baron Newby Richard Mark Newby, Lord Newby (born 14