Finnginn

Many have struggled to define Englishness. The anthropologist Kate Fox and the broadcaster Jeremy Paxman have book length studies on the ...

Each night, I read Michael Rosen's 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' aloud to my son, Finn Jr. It's one of the few children...

For part of my degree in linguistics, I had to do a course in phonetics. The phonetics professor, Ken, was a friendly chap with a good sense...

Soon after we moved, I decided to put up some bookshelves in our new house. I spent a pleasant afternoon sanding and painting some second-ha...

Full-time salaried work is the hallmark of a badly organised society. If society were better organised, there would be zero unemployment and...

My wife and I have been manufacturing a human. To be honest, she is doing most of the hard work. I've been busying myself reading the in...

Regular readers will know that I recently quit bartending and now I improve the quality of writing in little read corners of the internet fo...