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Tag Archives: Straight from the Horse’s Mouth
My offering of Christmas goodies! Books and Video Tours
I must be the most useless blogger the world has ever seen at least when it comes to self-publicity. Here I am with a new book that came out at the end of August and I’ve never even mentioned it … Continue reading
A piss-poor history of urine
I’m going to try not to use the P word too much in this post, as tempting as it is as that would be taking the Pee but urine has actually had a long history of practical uses especially in … Continue reading
Posted in Funny & Humour, history, Life, WW1
Tagged Idioms, Medicine, Piss Poor, Straight from the Horse's Mouth, The Plague, Urine
8 Comments
To be on Tenterhooks in Spitalfields
Have you ever heard of the phrase “on tenterhooks”? It has come to mean being in a state of tension, uneasiness, anxiety, or suspense, and that is because tenterhooks were once very common sights indeed. Tenterhooks aren’t the big hooks you … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London
Tagged Aldgate, Cloth, English language, Spitalfields, Straight from the Horse's Mouth, Tenter, Tenterhooks, Whitechapel, Words
1 Comment
Words that are becoming extinct
Like many of us, I am a big fan of and user of words. One of my most popular blog posts is 102 great words that aren’t in English but should be102 great words that aren’t in English but should … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Heritage, history, Life
Tagged Betrumped, Endangered words, English, Etymology, Idioms, Straight from the Horse's Mouth, Words
3 Comments
Farewell 2017, hello 2018!
Well this is my final blog post for the year. It’s been a busy old year with over 116,000 readers at the time of writing so thank-you everyone for giving me reasons to carry on blogging and sharing my questionable … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Opinion, writing, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged 2017, 2018, books, Happy New Year, Straight from the Horse's Mouth, Travel, writing, year in review
6 Comments
Two choicest Idioms – Butter Up & As Mad As A Hatter
A few weeks ago my new book, Straight From The Horse’s Mouth was released in Paperback and Kindle formats and I have been waiting for it to work its way through onto Apple iBooks. As it is now live, … Continue reading
Posted in Funny & Humour, Life, News, writing
Tagged Alice In Wonderland, Butter Up, English language, Funny, ibooks, Idioms, Kindle, Mad As A Hatter, Paperback, Straight from the Horse's Mouth, writing
2 Comments
My New Book – Straight from the Horse’s Mouth : 100 Idioms, their Meanings and Origins
Today is one of those wonderful days that can be the highlight of my creative year, the launch day of my latest book. I’ve always enjoyed words and sayings, some of them archaic that seemingly make no sense to us … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Life, writing
Tagged Amazon, books, creative writing, Ebook, Idioms, Kindle, Language, Paperback, Straight from the Horse's Mouth, Words
6 Comments
Ragnarok 2017 Convention and Book Signing
I’m thrilled to announce that I have been invited to have a table at Ragnarok 2017 at the Well End Activity Centre, Well End, Borehamwood which is just outside London and off the A1M. Ragnarok runs 9am-6pm next weekend, Saturday … Continue reading
Posted in Life, News, writing
Tagged Book Signing, Borehamwood, conventions, Idioms, LARP, London, Ragnarok, Role Play, Straight from the Horse's Mouth, wargames
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