Word of the Week: Litany
I’m feeling thwarted. I was going to make this week’s word News and it was going to go like this: corona virus, corona virus, corona virus, corona virus, corona virus, corona virus, [...]
Word of the Week: Vitamin
Do you ever stop and wonder about the provenance of certain facts? Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire? Says who? It’s a well known fact that bananas are a rich source of [...]
Word of the Week: Exploit
Ever wondered what’s going on with the word ‘exploit’? I mean, one minute it’s a great thing, such as crossing the Alps on an elephant or discovering Australia; the next [...]
Word of the Week: Lap
What part of your body disappears when you stand up? (Stop tittering at the back.) The answer I’m looking for is, of course, the lap.
Word of the Week: Own
I recently had the melancholy experience of stumbling across an obituary for someone I know. Or knew. Stuart Christie, a daring anarchist who conspired to blow up General Franco and was nearly [...]
