A Few Questions for Peter Heather
Peter Heather tells OUP that he is a sucker for Sherlock Holmes.
Shifting Idioms: An Eggcornucopia
In our last instalment, I noted that the increasingly common spelling of minuscule as miniscule is not just your average typographical error; it makes sense in a new way, since the respelling brings the word into line with ‘miniature’, ‘minimum’, and a whole host of tiny terms using the mini prefix.
Guilt-edged Insecurity
Paul Collier looks at our guilty decisions.
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The summer book is Huckleberry Finn.
The Battle of Hadrianople
Peter Heather, a leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the barbarians, looks at the Battle of Hadrianople.
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: Guess the Summer Pick
What will the summer book club pick be? Can you guess?
Does the Cock Neigh?
Anatoly looks at the origin of the word cockney.
Oxford, England
Ben’s Place of the Week is Oxford, England.
The Moral Force of Majority Rule
Adrian Vermeule, author of Mechanisms of Democracy and co-author with Eric Posner of Terror in the Balance: Security, Liberty, and the Courts, is a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.
Talking Tuberculosis
Some thoughts about Andrew Speaker, who traveled to Europe after being diagnosed with a drug resistant form of tuberculosis.
Friday procrastination: link love – literature, lists, and ladies
Happy Friday all. For the few of you who are actually in the office here is some Friday procrastination! This link recommended by Mr. Atlas himself, Ben Keene. Do women talk too much? I want to bang on the drums all day. What is the greatest American book of all time? Great lit lists.
Sharm e- Shekh, Again…
Shlomo Ben-Ami looks forward and backwards at the peace process.
Tracking the Most Miniscule, Uh, Minuscule of Errors
Ben Zimmer looks at how non-standard spellings become accepted.
Fleeing Hitler: Searching For Memories
Hanna Diamond talks about research for her book.
There Are More Ways Than One To Be Mad
Anatoly is feeling a bit “mad” this week.
A 4th of July Barbeque Quiz
Andrew Smith, editor of the Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink, is here to test your knowledge of barbecuing in America.