What’s the UK’s favourite quotation?
We’re celebrating the publication of the new edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, and we want to know what the nation’s favourite memorable quotation is.
Translating Clarice Lispector: A Video
A video of Benjamin Moser.
Going To Extremes
An excerpt from Going to Extremes.
Typing Politics: Trent Lott
An excerpt from Typing Politics introduced by the author Richard Davis.
Directions for the Gardiner: Top Tips
Juliet Evans from OUP UK selects some top gardening tips from John Evelyn’s Directions for the Gardiner and Other Horticultural Advice.
Communication Power
How are communication and power related?
Defining Terrorism
An excerpt from How Terrorism is Wrong.
On This Day In History: In Memory of Blind Willie McTell
A post in honor of this great musician.
Musing the News
An excerpt from Losing The News.
Rail Travel in The Andes: An Excerpt
An excerpt about rail travel through the Andes from Jason Wilson’s The Andes: A Cultural History.
Haydn: An Acrostic
An acrostic using terms from Oxford Composer Companions: Haydn.
Will the Internet Create a Universal Writing System?
Andrew Robinson, author of Writing and Script: A Very Short Introduction on the internet and language.
Chop Suey: An Excerpt
An excerpt from Andrew Coe’s Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States.
A Few Questions for Dr. Robert J. Wicks
A q&a with Dr. Robert J. Wicks, author of Bounce:Living the Resilient Life.
Meet the Author: Hermione Lee
Professor Hermione Lee talks about her new book Biography: A Very Short Introduction.
Opera Names: The Answers
The answers to our Opera Names quiz.