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So who do you complain to when the Ombudsman lets you down? Is there an ombudsman’s ombudsman? Is an ombudsman always a man? If so, why? And if not, why hasn’t it been changed to a [...]

You might not have noticed but there are certain rules I try to apply when I write Word of the Week. One is never to pretend to know about Greek literature, unless you can make it really [...]

If – and I realise this is a big ‘if’ – you’ve recently succumbed to the primeval urge to buy a chainsaw, you’ll be familiar with the catalogue of YouTube videos offering [...]

This is a blog about quality versus quantity. I’ll try to keep it brief.

No, that’s not the sound of me trying to think of something to write. It’s a word that’s been in my head all week since sending the last word out to the wrong mailing list [...]