Right, that's it. I'm going on holiday. I'm off to the marsh-cells, the swamp, the clearing, the white fort, the monks, the mid...

Here's an article by me in today's Daily Telegraph . It's all about what dictionaries can tell you about society.

Just a link today to this balanced and judicious savaging of modern hymn-writers . I shall merely observe that hymn  comes from the Gree...

Sometimes, when cows fall ill, their skin becomes so tight upon them that they can barely move. Such cattle are hidebound. By extension, w...

Laser is an acronym for L ight A mplification by S timulated E mission of R adiation . Taser is an acronym too, but has nothing to do with...

There's a rather indelicate term of abuse: arse-cheese (or ass-cheese, if you are of the American persuasion). It's not that common...

Three links today, all on the same subject: the semicolon. First, here's me writing about them three years ago . Second, here'...