Language: reference & general

Travelling province by province through Ireland, Manchán outlines the stories most closely associated with each site, focusing on a specific beast or creature from legend and highlighting a magical word or phrase in Irish alongside.

Welcome to a year of wonder through the English language with Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner. From Turning a Blind Eye (Nelson putting the telescope to his missing eye to ignore the order to stop fighting) to why May Day became a distress call;...