New hope for the New Year
New Year’s Eve is traditionally when we fix our gaze firmly forward in hope, having cast a backward glance at … Continued
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Food for thought this Christmas
I don’t know about you, but I’m already salivating at the prospect of Christmas food. The first pangs start early
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Eight Gaelic words from the Collins English Dictionary
English is a language that has seen its vocabulary shaped and influenced by many neighbouring tongues from across the globe
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International Volunteer Day
International Volunteer Day (sometimes abbreviated to IVD) takes place annually on December 5th. It is an ‘International Day’ established by
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11 words and phrases from Nottingham
Eh up, me duck! Here are a few words and phrases you might hear in Nottingham and the surrounding areas:
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World Kindness Day
This Friday, 13 November is World Kindness Day, an awareness day launched in 1998 with the aim of encouraging benevolent
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Pass the sanny, Bruce: Oz has its own lingo for the pando
The coronavirus pandemic is a global phenomenon, but different countries have adopted different responses to it according to their local
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What a coronacoaster of a year!
Over the last several months, when factories, offices, restaurants and other places of social gathering have been (intermittently) shut, people’s
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The year of lockdown
It’s no surprise that quite a few of the words on Collins Word of the Year 2020 shortlist have one
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