Among the many scraps that have broken out on these shores, one that never seems to get the air time it deserves is a historic tussle that took place over a period of three decades of the [...]
Do you ever ask yourself what’s the plural of January? I did today and it’s been bugging me ever since. You might wonder why anyone would want to pluralise January. Isn’t one [...]
If I happened to be given an old lamp for Christmas and I happened to rub it and a genie happened to pop out and grant me one wish of a purely selfish nature, I have always told myself I would [...]
This week I was sent a picture of my friend Alan, out in Qatar, holding a Wales flag and sitting atop a camel. This extraordinary creature has a unique ability to travel great distances, keep [...]
You might not have noticed but there are certain rules I try to apply when I write Word of the Week. One is never to pretend to know about Greek literature, unless you can make it really [...]