Helen Hughes 
The Apostrophe Protection Society. We’ve just heard that this very niche group is no more! According to this article, founder John Richards – a former journalist and sub-editor who founded the society 18 years ago – has decided enough is enough and shut the society down. Is this a sad day for the grammar police? …
This recent article in The Times entitled “Why making conference calls leaves me stranded in a world of my own” made us giggle. The City firm employee who had managed to marinate her lamb, nip to Waitrose to pick up missed ingredients and prepare her evening meal all the while “participating” in a 5 hour …
Meetings are a common feature of business life – an opportunity for employees to come together to discuss important issues or even to meet clients, suppliers and other external people visiting you as part of your business operations. They generally serve a useful purpose in conducting business. But when it comes to disciplinary meetings, there …
Podcasts. They’re becoming increasingly popular, so much so that latest figures from Ofcom suggest that around 6 million people in the UK tune in to a podcast on a weekly basis – up 50% in just 5 years. So it’s safe to say that podcasting is booming. The media industry has begun to embrace podcasting …
Who would believe it – not one but two blogs mentioning Jacob Rees Mogg this month?! Objecting to the rise of Americanisation, Rees Mogg identified as someone “who dares to eschew the current, Americanised, mode of behaviour, speech and dress” way back in 1999, and he is not alone in his dismissal or rather contempt …
Earlier this summer we read with interest how MP Jacob Rees Mogg has issued a set of rules to his staff… not around actions or behaviour but around grammar! It’s fascinating thought for a day and age when the English language appears to be slipping into a much less formal form, with urban slang infiltrating …
We all remember those “back to school” days – heading to the shops to make sure our stationery reserves have been replenished, the long queues to buy new school shoes and missing bits of school uniform. But have you thought of putting the same “back to school” head on when it comes to getting ready …
On the back of our silly season blog, we’re going weird and wonderful with English words to keep you entertained these summer holidays! Roald Dahl once said: “A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.” So we’re embracing a little bit of nonsense and looking at some words that easily fall …
In a world where artificial intelligence in the form of virtual assistants such as Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri are becoming more and more part of our daily lives, is it any surprise to hear that there may be more to them than meets the eye…? This article talks about how Amazon was recently in …
Silly season is almost here. Or so we hear in the media. But what does silly season mean? Where does the saying come from? And does it exist at all? Silly season was a phrase coined right here in the UK and is actually connected to the annual shut down of parliament over the summer …