A “Slow Blog”
Or Rather, “Bright Blog” Manifesto
Do you slow blog?
Building the Ultimate Spelling Bee
Ben Zimmer visits us from Visual Thesaurus.
The She-Apostle: Luisa de Carvajal and Mother Teresa
Glyn Redworth draws some interesting parallels between the lives of Luisa de Carvajal and Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
OUPblog sets sail on the Queen Mary 2
OUP UK’s Kate FT blogs from the Queen Mary 2.
The OED is 80: An Interactive Crossword Puzzle
An interactive crossword puzzle to celebrate the OED’s 80th birthday.
Sowing the Seeds of Beatlemania
The origins of Beatlemania.
Reading the OED: A Crossword Puzzle
A crossword puzzle based on Reading the OED.
A Fat Talk Free Diet
Rebecca hopes you will join her in “Fat Talk Free Week”.
The Oxford English Dictionary is 80!
Sarah Russo twitters the OED’s birthday celebrations.
Frakin’ Cylontastic: Battlestar Galactica’s Other Successful Word
Peters explores the word “Cylon”.
Reading Spines
Ammon Shea tells us why book spines inspire him.
The Enchanted Island: A Yom Kippur Tale
A tale to help us celebrate Yom Kippur.
Who’s Who in The Ring
Looking at the character of Brünnhilde from Wagner’s The Ring.
Slang 101
Cassie reads a dictionary of slang and shares some of the great words she finds.
OUP UK’s Word of the Year is…
‘Credit crunch’ is OUP UK’s Word of the Year.
The Role of the “Latino Lover”
An excerpt from Clara E. Rodríguez’ book, Heroes, Lovers, and Others: The Story of Latinos in Hollywood.