What is a Carillion anyway? Does it even exist? Well, no, I guess it doesn’t any more. Now, a carillon – that rings a bell. Not to be confused with a clarion, a carillon is a contraption [...]
Pound for pound, it’s the thinnest word in the English language, but just writing it has revealed a significant problem that I hadn’t foreseen: namely that it looks like the Roman for [...]
Just writing that little word sent a shiver down my spine, as it brought to mind the fact that I haven’t had a key to my own front door for three months now, since making the naive mistake [...]
Just to clarify, that’s nice as in mice, not Nice as in Côte d’Azur, in case you’re still in holiday mode. Although, since we acquired the word from the French, there’s [...]
I know what you’re thinking: I should have done this word on March 3rd, when everyone was still suffering after Shrove Tuesday. But then you’d have missed out on the joys of spring, [...]
