Mind your language

‘Correct names’

27 July 2013 9:00 am

In a very rum letter to the Daily Telegraph, the Mother’s Union of all people joined with some other bodies…

Dreamliner

20 July 2013 9:00 am

‘Planes don’t run off batteries,’ declared my husband, his finger unerringly on the pulse of technology as ever. I had…

Transparency

13 July 2013 9:00 am

On 21 June 1785, James Woodforde was in Norwich and in the evening went to Bunns pleasure gardens, where ‘there…

Swathe

6 July 2013 9:00 am

Swathe is a popular word at the moment, and ignorance of its meaning, spelling and pronunciation deters no one. It…