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Sensational headlines about the rising toxic tide of Americanisms inundating our defenceless language produce predictable, periodic...

Japan, South Korea and North Korea share a troubled history. Japan’s colonial era and subsequent treatment of its occupied countries left...

The editorial command* is that we must cheer our readers up this month.  Crikey, as a much missed politician used to say: “Steady on...

I read today that Rupert Murdoch is to be married for the fifth time. While I am not particularly interested in Murdoch, he is often...

In “To A Louse, On Seeing One on a Lady’s Bonnet at Church”, one of Robert Burns’ most amusing yet profound poems, written in 1786, the...