Those of you who were paying attention three weeks ago will recall that I was banging on about words that are commonly misspelt (‘that’ being the chief example), and I happened to [...]
“I talk to the trees but they don’t listen to me.” So sang Clint Eastwood in Paint Your Wagon. It was the song that both began and ended his singing career, an optimistic little [...]
OK, I’ll keep this brief… Ah, please yourselves. Let’s play a little word association game. If I say to you ‘Sam Allardyce’, what’s the first word that pops [...]
Contrary to the rumours, I’m not really interested in frocks. Women’s fashion is baffling enough without trying to understand the difference between a frock and a dress – if indeed [...]
How much do you know about weevils? “How much do I want to know?” I hear you cry. OK, fair point. But wait. What if I told you that the weevils you think of when you think of weevils [...]
