Don’t These People Have Editors?
A story by Richard Alleyne in the Telegraph on the matter of very old clams: So significant is the find that Help The Aged have […]
Writing & Language
Liberty, Language and Idiots.
Via Neil, who still does not understand liberty, this from Conor Gearty: The argument for compulsory DNA testing of the entire population and all visitors […]
Tintin and the Book Bansturbators
Hergé’s Tintin has incurred the wrath of the commission for racial equality. The Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) is calling on high street books to […]
Simplified Spelling
Oh, my, oh, my… Anyone who struggled with spelling as a child (and for a while, I did) might stop for a brief moment’s thought […]
Gill on Theatre Critics
You won’t often find me agreeing with A. A. Gill. But there’s a first time for everything: Critics are culture’s traffic wardens… What a wonderful […]
Fisking the Fisker (More on Writing)
You may wonder sometimes about the grammar pedant. Indeed, there have been occasions when I have wondered whether I have evolved into such a creature. […]
Oliver Kamm… Again
Via the Devil’s Kitchen and James Higham, my attention is unfortunately drawn once more to the unfounded assertions of the smug, self-appointed critic of all […]
The English Language and the Left
Neil Harding is at it again. The thread that started with me apparently having nightmares over mobile phone tracking is rapidly descending onto farce. Neil […]
Vocabulary Quiz
Via Devil’s Kitchen; Your Vocabulary Score: A Congratulations on your multifarious vocabulary!You must be quite an erudite person. How’s Your Vocabulary? No surprises there, […]