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Editors of the Dictionaries of the Scots Language are kindly supplying us with a Scots word of the month. This month, the word is: CANTRIP A spell, charm or trick The earliest instances…
Editors of the Dictionaries of the Scots Language are kindly supplying us with a Scots word of the month. This month, the word is: CANTRIP A spell, charm or trick The earliest instances…
Cambridge University in the 1930s nurtured a notorious ring of spies for the Soviet Union. But it also produced another group, which revolutionised medicine. Anthony Blunt, Kim Philby, Guy Burgess,…
The Carole Compton trial 1983 Part 3 Late in the trial, a psychiatrist told the court that the accused could have deliberately created an aura of witchcraft for her own…
Editors of the Dictionaries of the Scots Language are kindly supplying us with a Scots word of the month. This month, the word is: LUCKEN closed, joined, fastened Derived ultimately from Old English,…
Editors of the Dictionaries of the Scots Language are kindly supplying us with a Scots word of the month. This month, the word is: GLISK a glimpse, glance The fleetingness of a glimpse…
Ever since I first saw a photo showing the view of London from Kenwood House, at the top of Hampstead Heath, I’ve wanted to visit it. For various reasons (most…
I first met Willie on a snowy day in Glasgow. I was writing a profile of him for the British Council, which was staging a literary festival in Sofia, Bulgaria…
It is reported that the recent lockdown has seen a large increase in the sales of DIY kits and materials. Anyone who has tried to build a bed or a…
Sometimes, in an idle moment, I have looked out at a class of 30 students and wondered if, as a result of some mishap, I were to be stranded on…
Hardly a week goes by without an advertisement in The Times Educational Supplement offering a revolution in education. For the teacher, maybe it is a computer device that will free…