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It’s not like we’re jigsaw puzzle nerds
May 11, 2018
It’s not like we’re jigsaw puzzle nerds, we’re not dedicated enough to master the challenge of putting together a sea of baked beans, for example. For us it’s a social activity, for family holidays, weekends away with friends and rainy days. We puzzle and chat distractedly, actually enjoying time away from our screens. On a recent weekend away in Herefordshire, we stumbled on some jigsaws...
Local Words
Oct 04, 2017
It was International Poetry Day this week, and BBC Radio had a nice angle on this, focussing on local words. On Radio 4’s Today they brought in lexicographer Susie Dent and poet Liz Berry. Liz read a poem entitled ‘Bowbowler’ a tremendous Black Country word for a big moth. Susie talked about the many words for woodlice names and alleyways, both subjects close to my heart....
VALE COLVINIUS
May 11, 2017
I have sometimes mused on how twitter friendships can be like getting to know someone through a keyhole. Of course we all present a certain version of ourselves to the world but on twitter this is often accentuated. You can have daily conversations with people and have no idea of their real name, what they do, even (as I have discovered on occasion) what gender...