Imagine a museum where you’re supposed to blabber, rather than maintain silence. Enter Planet Word, an interactive museum ...

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Of the many attributes that one expects of academics in the practice of whatever subject they choose to study, curiosity is among the most important. In recent years in the UK, research that is ...

Noah Webster was the patriot armed with a pen. He defined 12,000 new words in the wake of the American Revolution, using ...

Louise Minchin answers our burning questions, what is he reading, what book would he take to a desert island, what gave him ...

Today Merriam-Webster announced the addition of 200 new words and definitions to its iconic dictionary – maybe not a beach read, but worthy of a For You page and nearly as irresistible as street corn.

Known for its genteel vibe, Ilkley will be channelling Midsummer this autumn as a wave of crime fiction writers head to the spa town for ...

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A young Papua New Guinean is among an elite nine from around the world who were awarded the Hornby Educational Trust ...

EIGHT years ago in the Echo, there was a story about how the title Lord of the Manor of Streatlam was up for auction,” says Chris Foote-Wood, ...

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