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language and words in the news

  • Left, right, left, right.

    Posted by on May 14, 2012

    The Eurozone crisis claimed another victim on 6 May when Nicolas Sarkozy became the eleventh European political leader to lose his job since 2008. His opponent, François Hollande, has become only the second socialist president of the French Fifth Republic. This change of presidency has been seen by some as a “lurch to the left”. [...]

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  • Language and words in the news – 11th May 2012

    Posted by on May 11, 2012

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  • Language and words in the news – 4th May 2012

    Posted by on May 04, 2012

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  • Language and words in the news – 27th April 2012

    Posted by on April 27, 2012

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  • An omnipresent omnishambles

    Posted by on April 25, 2012

    Every Wednesday here in the UK, we are treated to a piece of political theatre known as ‘Prime Minister’s questions’ or PMQs. For half an hour, the Prime Minster is obliged to answer questions from other MPs, and the traditional highlight of this event is a verbal skirmish between the PM and the Leader of [...]

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  • Language and words in the news – 20th April 2012

    Posted by on April 20, 2012

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  • How do you like your stake?

    Posted by on April 20, 2012

    2012 is turning out to be quite a year for anniversaries, with those of the birth of Charles Dickens and the sinking of the Titanic already past, and Robert Browning and Alan Turing still to come. Today is the centenary of the death of the Irish writer Bram Stoker, author of one of the most [...]

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  • Language and words in the news – 13th April 2012

    Posted by on April 13, 2012

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  • Language and words in the news – 6th April 2012

    Posted by on April 06, 2012

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  • Language and words in the news – 30th March 2012

    Posted by on March 30, 2012

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