Sir Thomas Browne
A historical whodunit that lets you into a forgotten world: The Paston Treasure reviewed
In 1675 Lady Bedingfield wrote to Robert Paston, first Earl of Yarmouth. Never, she exclaimed, had she seen anything so…
A love letter to all great dictionaries
Asked to name a reference book, you may well choose the Encyclopaedia Britannica or the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary. But…
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‘Oh dear, I think I’m losing my touché’
Robinson Crusoe gave up all hope of
ever seeing another human footprint again
‘That’s twice that’s happened.’
‘And deliver us from Brexit…’
‘God, they must really hate him.’
‘It’s much more exciting when you don’t have a TV licence.’
‘He’s overdosed on Boris.’
‘With Boris, is it nine lives or nine wives?’
‘Not another dark dystopian vision of the future!’
