Sue Atkins – pioneering lexicographer and linguist
Beryl T. Atkins, one of the founding editors of the Collins Robert French Dictionary, died in September 2021 at the … Continued
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Get your crypto at the ready: NFTs are big in 2021
The digital revolution continues apace, changing our culture, relationships and the way we do business. Facebook recently announced it would
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Bonfire or Guy Fawkes Night
Remember, remember, the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
We see no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
On the night of 4 November 1605 Guy Fawkes, a Catholic, was discovered in an undercroft of the House of Lords guarding a hoard of gunpowder intended to explode the following day at the state opening of Parliament
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COP26
November brings a momentous gathering to Glasgow, Scotland, namely COP26. It’s the twenty-sixth and latest in a series of UN-led
Trick or treat? The eerie etymology behind popular Halloween words
Spooky season has arrived once more! Pumpkins are out in full force and this year, we decided to revisit some
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Words matter: thoughts on language and Black History Month
The work of historians is increasingly emphasising something that many in the Black community have known for a long time:
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Blah-blah-blah… 6 unusual words when you’re lost for words
The climate emergency continues to be an urgent challenge for the planet, with a whole wave of new words entering
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Celebrate National Poetry Day
This year’s annual National Poetry Day, the thirty-eighth, falls on Thursday 7 October. National Poetry Day (NPD) was founded in
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Is the autumn equinox the start of a new season?
There are just a handful of astronomical events that non-specialists like me know of, and one of them will be
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