Overview :Take the Roman festival of Saturnalia, the gift-giving Norse god Odin and the Pagan habit of bringing evergreen plants into the house at Mid... Read More
Overview :Her Ladyship, star of Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English and Her Ladyship's Guide to Modern Manners, turns her attention to another... Read More
Overview :The ability to engage and entertain your companions always stands you in good stead--but many people feel nervous with strangers or fear tha... Read More
Overview :A follow-up to Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English offers a practical, tongue-in-cheek look at all aspects of Royal manners and etiq... Read More
Overview : A book to inspire logophiles and the rest of us to use uncommon words in their correct context. Perhaps you have wanted to ameliorate your... Read More
Overview :CRESTFALLEN at CHICANERY and CIRCUMLOCUTION? Have no TRUCK with TOMFOOLERY and TRUMPERY? Or OMNISCIENT about OBLOQUIES and OPSIMATHS? Whethe... Read More
Overview :Serious answers to rhetorical questions--what's not to like? For those of us who have long wondered where bears go to take care of their b... Read More
Overview :If there's one thing Brits never say no to, it's stopping at four o'clock for a cup of tea and a slice of something tasty. After all, they i... Read More
Overview :Start with Chaucer, Dickens, Blake and Larkin in Westminster Abbey. Hop on a bus through Zadie Smith's North London or spend an afternoon at... Read More
Overview :This small but mighty collection will trigger your memory with fun facts you learned in school-from adverbs to the Pythagorean Theorem. Witt... Read More
Overview :In Roman times, blocks of text were written without even wordspacingnevermindpunctuation. Orators would prepare carefully so that they didn'... Read More
Overview :Following the success of The Book Lover's Bucket List, Caroline Taggart sets off on a tour of Europe to select 100 literary landmarks across... Read More
Overview :An engaging historical exploration of the bizarre words and phrases that are sprinkled throughout the English language. The huge variety of... Read More