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This blog looks at ten old-fashioned English regionalisms which may be at risk of dying out.

A few weeks ago I wrote about the meanings and origins of three English phrases...

As tomorrow is April 1st, I thought I would do a blog on authors born in April...

Agatha's back story is that she had a troubled upbringing with awful parents, but rose to find success in the world of public relations...

Last August saw a rather amusing furore over apostrophes in Germany. The apostrophe in question is the one used to indicate possession -...

For my second blog I thought I would look at the origins of some not-so-common English phrases.

To begin this blog, I thought you may like to know about some Shrove Tuesday traditions from around Britain and Ireland.