2 May 2020
Cure needed for pandemic’s verbal virus
The lexicographers are working overtime. New words are being coined, reviewed and added to dictionaries worldwide almost daily. It seems there’s nothing like disasters and pandemics to send the spin doctors into a frenzy of creativity as they try to find ways of cloaking and minimising what is actually happening. Plain speaking is avoided at… Continue Reading
2 May 2020
Cure needed for pandemic’s verbal virus
29 April 2020
A taut, twisting and tantalising time with the Perfect Wife
21 April 2020
Interior design – good to look at, not to use
9 April 2020
The Perfect Wife weaves a near perfect tale
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16 April 2020
When a virus spreads, the dictionary swells
It was only a few days ago that I suggested many of the words and phrases that have already become lingua franca during the recent global crisis were sure to be well in the running for selection as Word(s) of the Year. Place your bets … Since then we have heard (imagined) cries of “stop… Continue Reading