If you’re considering a career in poetry, one of the first questions you need to ask yourself, other than “Am I happy to die in prison?”, is which language you’re going to [...]
Never let it be said that I don’t bring you flowers any more. I’ve just taken delivery of my first ever pair of varifocal glasses, a clever piece of technology that enables me to [...]
Last week, somewhat oxymoronically, I tucked into the subject of fasting and served up, in a small ceramic side dish, the word breakfast. It’s always been a favourite of mine, not so much [...]
What is a Carillion anyway? Does it even exist? Well, no, I guess it doesn’t any more. Now, a carillon – that rings a bell. Not to be confused with a clarion, a carillon is a contraption [...]
Pound for pound, it’s the thinnest word in the English language, but just writing it has revealed a significant problem that I hadn’t foreseen: namely that it looks like the Roman for [...]
