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National puppy day

March 22, 2024

National Puppy Day falls on 23 March, as it has ever since its inaugural year of 2006, but this year … Continued

March 21, 2024

As a great actor once said, ‘You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think

March 19, 2024

Here’s a pub quiz question for you: What’s the only (real) country that is also a verb? Have you got

March 1, 2024

The 1st of March is St David’s Day, named for the patron saint of Wales. David (or Dewi in Welsh)

February 12, 2024

Gill Francis (she later used the spelling Jyl) was one of the pioneering team who worked on the Collins Cobuild

February 9, 2024

The ninth of February marks World Pizza Day. A day to celebrate that quintessentially Neapolitan dish which has become, er,

December 14, 2023

Which plants I wonder, gentle reader, do you associate with Christmas? I strongly suspect several of this week’s Collins Word

December 12, 2023

Whovians… assemble! It’s a landmark year for fans of the British science fiction show Doctor Who, as the BBC celebrates

December 5, 2023

An annual staple of British reality television, I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! debuted on our screens over