Exclusive apartments, stunning townhouses, prestigious developments and sought-after locations are common aspirational statements made by property companies and estate agents. The latter are particularly renowned for their generous use of adjectives to make a pig’s ear sound like a silk
The history course at Cambridge University is being reviewed to add a greater female perspective.So far so good. But, unfortunately, Cambridge’s approach to improving the historical profile of women has a sinister undercurrent of political correctness. It is intended that
I was interested to read how we Brits are, according to recent research, now a nation of moaners. Only now? In my experience British people are always complaining. It’s not just the weather – a constant source of bellyaching –
When I read how Kate Chisholm, head of a primary school in Darlington, had berated school-run parents for wearing pyjamas when dropping off their kids, I was amazed on two counts. Firstly, that people were actually venturing out in
Nigella Lawson and Matt Le Tissier are not names you would usually put together in the same sentence. But, in the space of a few days, the TV cook and former footballer and TV pundit applied the word ‘feisty’ to
Michael Gove, the new Lord Chancellor, has apparently given instructions to his civil servants on using correct grammar in official letters and papers. According to the Times, he has banned “ensure” in favour of “make sure” and using “impact” as
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