usage
Boo
Dot Wordsworth 30 September 2017 9:00 am
In 1872, the 27-stone figure of the Tichborne Claimant was insisting he was Sir Roger Tichborne Bt, an heir thought…
Should we just stop using ‘fulsome’?
Dot Wordsworth 29 October 2015 9:00 am
It’s funny that two much misused words end in —some: fulsome and noisome. Noisome is the less often used at…
In defence of Michael Gove’s grammar guide
Toby Young 27 June 2015 9:00 am
Few things are more likely to provoke the disapproval of the bien-pensant left than criticising someone’s grammar. The very idea…
Why is 'loo' slang? Because Simon Heffer says so!
Marcus Berkmann 31 May 2014 9:00 am
Did Simon Heffer’s new book come out on St George’s Day? If not, it probably should have done. If we…