International Day of Yoga and Sanskrit words
Get those yoga mats out! The twenty-first of June is, to say the least, a rather different ‘day’. It’s not … Continued
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Get those yoga mats out! The twenty-first of June is, to say the least, a rather different ‘day’. It’s not … Continued
International Day of Yoga and Sanskrit words Read Post »
World Environment Day – 5 June – is a United Nations (UN)-designated day to raise awareness of the manifold environmental
Environment Day 2024: a world of vocabulary Read Post »
Don’t get nettled! Have you ever been stung by a stinging nettle? I bet you have. I’m sure I was
Rain, rain, go away! Come again another day! British weather, eh! Who would have it? March this year, though rainy
‘100 Words for Rain’ by Alex Johnson Read Post »
National Puppy Day falls on 23 March, as it has ever since its inaugural year of 2006, but this year
National puppy day Read Post »
Here’s a pub quiz question for you: What’s the only (real) country that is also a verb? Have you got
Japanese words in English Read Post »
The ninth of February marks World Pizza Day. A day to celebrate that quintessentially Neapolitan dish which has become, er,
Pizza, Pasta, Parole Read Post »
Which plants I wonder, gentle reader, do you associate with Christmas? I strongly suspect several of this week’s Collins Word
The holly and the ivy: wonderful words for Christmas plants Read Post »
Well, that was a cliffhanger and a half, wasn’t it? South Africa has been buzzing with elation ever since the
The Rugby World Cup and South African language Read Post »