Word of the Day December 25, 2017 Word of the Day – Tidings Tidings (noun) (archaic) (literary) tai-dings News, information. Late Old English tīdung ‘announcement, piece of news’,… Kath Love1
Word of the Day December 24, 2017 Word of the Day – Genial Genial (adj) jee-nee-ul Friendly and welcoming. Mid 16th century: from Latin genialis ‘nuptial, productive’, from… Kath Love1
Word of the Day December 23, 2017 Word of the Day – Unnun Unnun (verb) (rare) un-un To defrock (metaphorically), a nun. To make someone not a nun… Kath Love0
AdaptationsInspired by LiteratureNews December 22, 2017 Trainspotting Live Heading Back Out on Tour If you’re a fan of Irvine Welsh’s gritty style then you’re probably a fan of… Kath Love0
Word of the Day December 22, 2017 Word of the Day – Galoot Galoot (noun) (Scots) gu-loot A clumsy or stupid person (often as a term of abuse).… Kath Love1
AdaptationsNewsTelevision December 21, 2017 Radio Times Gives Away Little Women Copies to Celebrate New Adaptation Just last week we brought you the news that there was to be a brand… Kath Love1
AuthorsLiterary EventsNews December 21, 2017 Bodleian Library to Display Tolkien’s Original “Father Christmas” Letters Many people are now aware that Tolkien wrote letters from Father Christmas to his children,… Kath Love0
Word of the Day December 21, 2017 Word of the Day – Codger Codger (noun) (informal) ko-juh An elderly man. Mid 18th century: perhaps a variant of cadger… Kath Love0
Word of the Day December 20, 2017 Word of the Day – Palaver Palaver (noun) pa-larv-uh Prolonged or tedious fuss or discussion. Mid 18th century (in the sense… Kath Love0
AuthorsChildren's LiteratureNewsReading Habits December 19, 2017 David Walliams Tops Christmas Book Chart for Second Year Running David Walliams has broken quite a few records this year, and is celebrating quite the… Kath Love0