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Mind your language

When did mourners stop crying and start ‘welling up’?

24 September 2022

9:00 AM

24 September 2022

9:00 AM

‘We got a gusher!’ exclaimed my husband in his idea of the accent of a Texan oil prospector. Normally, I’m not ashamed of his deranged behaviour, but now it seemed wrong. For we were watching the hypnotic livestream from Westminster Hall of people paying their respects at Queen Elizabeth’s coffin.

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