A friend of mine is (I kid you not!) a Professor of Global Englishes. (View Post)

Nonsense. People who refuse vaccination are putting others at risk. If I go to a concert, why should I have to sit next to some idiot who has read some conspiracy-theory garbage and who therefore put… (View Post)

As far as I can tell vaccinations haven't even started at all in my local area of East Sussex, despite the fact that we have lots of elderly residents here. (In our local newsagent there is a go… (View Post)

Proust once got me a job offer. Not many people can say that. I'd put 'reading' as one of my interests. The interviewer asked me what I'd read recently, and I replied [truthfully!… (View Post)

For once Trump has a point. Proper stormtroopers wear smart black uniforms with well-polished boots, not scruffy cod-Viking outfits and beanie hats: https://twitter.com/LawDavF/status/134760564365453… (View Post)