Iron Curtain: From Stage to Cold War
Patrick Wright, author of Iron Curtain, explains how he came to write a book on one of the most powerful political metaphors of the 20th century.
Patrick Wright, author of Iron Curtain, explains how he came to write a book on one of the most powerful political metaphors of the 20th century.
Andrew Smith helps us explore the origins of Thanksgiving.
Anatoly explores pretty’s myriad of meanings from unlikely origins.
Jessica Prentice talks about how she coined the word of the year.
Ben Keene wonders where turkeys are from?
Links to Kindle reports.
Kindle has arrived! Evan Schnittman reviews the new ereader for us.
A look at food safety.
I just love WOTY week. It seems to fly by so quickly! Next week is Thanksgiving and I am looking forward to relaxing with some good books and eating a lot of food. The couch and my sweatpants will become inseparable! Until then here are some fun links. RF went to school in A but […]
Dave Gelly helps us understand Lester Young.
Ben Zimmer looks a little bit more closely at the Word of the Year.
An excerpt from our book ‘The Art of Punctuation’ explains that your use of quotation marks can reveal more about you than you think.
Anatoly uncovers how sneaked became snuck.
David Tolin helps us prepare for the holidays
Ben celebrates Geography Awareness Week!
An excerpt from Terryl Givens’s People of Paradox.