Shock tactics in the battle for the future of the apostrophe
August 15 2021
There’s a difference between reading and reading like a professional
August 8 2021
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August 1 2021
The enduring, and possibly cold, mystery of owning a fur coat but no knickers
July 25 2021
Is this a fair thing to say about people from Fife?
July 18 2021
They might turn a defence, but can they turn a phrase?
July 11 2021
Does Andy Murray make a racket or play with a racquet?
July 4 2021
I don’t not never nohow no way want my team to score no own goals
June 27 2021
The best way to ensure people will enjoy your funeral
June 20 2021
Do people swear more these days? Do you swear? Do I?
June 13 2021
I’m not gonna lie, I hate the phrase I’m not gonna lie
June 6 2021
Is the advance of technology really an advance?
May 30 2021
A capital book, with capital problems in the title
May 23 2021
The debt of thanks the battle against Covid owes to cows
May 16 2021
Things that were wrong with all those election leaflets pushed through your door
May 9 2021
Onomatopes, and other sizzling examples of sound symbolism
May 2 2021
Does brain training really do you any good?
April 25 2021
The 18 most useful Scots words with no direct English translation
April 18 2021
My amazing hairstyle, my awesome lunch, and my refusal to change
April 11 2021
Never say the words ‘should of’ anywhere near me!
April 4 2021
Emojis, the unsqueezed plooks of online communication
March 28 2021
A Scotch geezah oo cootn’t speak propah
March 21 2021
The truth about direction of spin when water goes down the plughole
March 14 2021
Badly constructed signs are a sign of our times
March 7 2021