How can I be British, a writer, yet have never really written about Shakespeare in over 3 years of blogging. Would you believe that when I was at Secondary School (High School), it was politically incorrect for us to learn Shakespeare as part of the generally, we can’t be proud of any of the good… Continue reading How Shakespeare has influenced Pop Culture
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Why are the 7 days in a week? The story behind the names of the days of the week
Have you ever wondered why the week has 7 days in it? It is so entrenched around the world even in areas not influenced by Bible teaching and yet no one really questions why this is. Whilst human devised methods of marking years or lunar months make sense, the division of days into weeks… Continue reading Why are the 7 days in a week? The story behind the names of the days of the week
U and Non-U
U, or should I say you, might think I am off my trolley with this blog title or maybe my carefully worded prose has finally given way to text-speak. However U and Non-U is actually a book title from the 1950’s written by a legendary aristocrat Nancy Mitford that was all the rage amongst certain… Continue reading U and Non-U
Yours sincerely – The Story of Valedictions
Like myself, you might not have been sure what exactly a Valediction is but you probably use them almost every day. Valedictions are those sign-offs that we use at the bottom of emails and even letters, should anyone remember what one of those are and whilst they may appear innocuous enough, they actually have… Continue reading Yours sincerely – The Story of Valedictions
Languages with no vowels
Hv y vr wndrd abt vwls? Or should I say, have you ever wondered about vowels? We use them all the time and they make up the first words that we learn at school. Nearly all our words have vowels except for some short ones like “dry” or “sky” or “hymn” and those languages that… Continue reading Languages with no vowels
Words we still use from Shakespeare!
This week marks both the death and supposed birth of the greatest writer of the English language, William Shakespeare. He was born in 1564 and died in 1616 and whilst much about him is sometimes doubted such as his birthday, sexuality or even actual identity; what can’t be questioned is the fact that he gave… Continue reading Words we still use from Shakespeare!
Stephen Liddell 