One of my Christmas traditions is to get a book about the English language each year. My father, knowing my love of words, started this tradition a number of years ago, and over the years I have received some wonderful books, including 'Have You Eaten Grandma?' by...

Some days are etched in your memory for ever. This one, a blisteringly hot summer's day in the 1980s, will always be part of my 'favourite moments.' I was on holiday in France, enjoying the sunshine and scenery of Provence, and we arrived at Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, a...

At our Christmas Day service we enjoyed singing a variety of carols (old and new) and looked at the carol 'O Come, All Ye Faithful'. One of the oldest carols (probably written in Latin in the 12th century), this is always sung as the penultimate carol in the Festival...