Word of the Day February 11, 2018 Word of the Day – Pernoctate Pernoctate (verb) per-nok-tait Pass the night (somewhere). Early 17th century: from Latin pernoctat- ‘spent the… Kath Love1
AdaptationsNew Releases February 10, 2018 Nick Clark Windo’s The Feed to be Adapted for Television Drama It’s announced this week that The Feed, a brand new sci-fi novel by Nick Clark… Kath Love1
Word of the Day February 10, 2018 Word of the Day – Autochthon autochthon (noun) aw-tok-thun An original or indigenous inhabitant of a place; an aborigine. Late 16th… Kath Love0
AuthorsNewsPolitical February 10, 2018 Boris Pasternak, the CIA and a Forbidden Book Boris Pasternak (10th February, 1890 – 30 May, 1960) was a Soviet Russian poet, novelist,… Kath Love4
AuthorsQuotations February 9, 2018 8 Brilliant Brendan Behan Quotes Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (9th February, 1923 – 20th March, 1964) was an Irish writer,… Kath Love0
Word of the Day February 9, 2018 Word of the Day – Lustrum Lustrum (noun) (literary) lus-trum A period of five years. Late 16th century: from Latin, originally… Kath Love0
Word of the Day February 8, 2018 Word of the Day – Intumesce Intumesce (verb) (rare) in-too-mess Swell up. Late 18th century: from Latin intumescere, from in- ‘into’… Kath Love1
Word of the Day February 7, 2018 Word of the Day – Circumambulate Circumambulate (verb) (formal) sur-kum-am-boo-lait Walk all the way around (something) (more…) Kath Love1
New Releases February 6, 2018 Helen Pankhurst Releases Deeds Not Words in Time for Suffragette Anniversary 6th February 2018 marks one hundred years since women got the vote in the UK,… Kath Love0
Word of the Day February 6, 2018 Word of the Day – Suffragette Suffragette (noun) (historical) suff-ra-jet A woman seeking the right to vote through organized protest. Late… Kath Love1