Columnists You can detect a person’s thought processes by listening to their ‘habit’ words July 22 2023
Columnists If there are words like disgruntled and nonplussed, why aren’t don’t we have gruntled and plussed? July 15 2023
Columnists Justice must be done and seen to be done – newspapers are part of the ‘seen to be done’ July 1 2023
Columnists George Orwell’s frightening and limiting Newspeak is being imposed upon us – by ourselves June 10 2023
Columnists I rarely hear of students or workers being harshly disciplined into producing their best June 3 2023
Columnists Is there an alternative to the word ‘alternative’ referring to only two options? May 13 2023
Columnists A doctor threatened with a punch on the nose for telling a man his wife had acute angina April 30 2023
Columnists A tale of horror – the frustrations of being in a queue that has been ‘jumped’ April 14 2023
Columnists If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, you’ll probably recognise a few poems March 25 2023
Columnists If you remember laughing at large aspidistras, you’ll remember the speaking clock March 11 2023
Columnists I’ve gone through the phrase ‘fine-tooth comb’ with a fine-toothed comb March 4 2023
Columnists Perhaps female, perhaps male, perhaps neutral – but claims to be a virgin have caused arguments February 18 2023
Columnists With a tip of the hat to My Chemical Romance I’m not OK with okay, I promise February 4 2023
