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I love cows, as I was recently reminded when I made my annual visit to a steak restaurant in Portugal called Wolf. I hardly ever go to steak restaurants – you could call it a rare occurrence – [...]

It was brought to my attention this week that a high proportion of recent Words of the Week have been three-letter words. Ill, Fly, Key… to name but three. ‘Is there a word for a [...]

A dagger. A bullet. A mistress. A cover-up. A cough. Thus are promising political careers curtailed.

Until three days ago there was no such word as bizbong. Now there is. That’s evolution for you.

There are certain subjects you should avoid if you want to maintain harmony in the room. Politics and religion are the classic examples. In my office, we’ve come to a collective [...]