When Susie Dent, Countdown’s etymology guru, declared on Wednesday that the common mispronunciation of “mischievous” as “mischiev-i-ous” should now be considered acceptable, she caused a stir not just ...

Just as Caesar thought his friend Brutus was the last man on Earth who would betray him, so I imagined Susie Dent would ...

F or Jeremy Bentham, a philosopher, poetry was simply writing that “fails” to reach the end of the line. For W.H. Auden, a ...

As the linguist Ferdinand de Saussure argued, language constitutes our world, it doesn’t just record it or label it. Words ...

As states rush to address falling literacy scores, a new kind of education debate in state legislatures is taking hold: not ...

The passageway had become an ancient corridor where shadows fought enemies on the wall, and her comfortable kitchen, a temple ...

A month after Steve Irwin’s son Robert Irwin was announced as the first celebrity partner on Dancing With the Stars season 34 ...

Why the buzz: “Debbie is an incredibly talented storyteller and artist who has a keen instinct for what kids like, which is ...

Poet, musician, singer, wit, polemicist, journalist, biographer and letter-writer, Thomas Moore (May 28, 1779 – February 25,1852) was one of the most brilliant figures of the Regency as well as the ...

Both Keb’ Mo’ and Taj Mahal have been playing their music for over half a century. Taj is approaching seven decades. We throw ...

Greek is one of the oldest recorded living languages of the world, with a truly rich history that spans over 3,000 years.