Monthly Archives: June 2011

Beechfield Youth Orchestra performed the whole of Brahms' 2nd Symphony last night – the culmination of a year-long project. It was astonishingly good, and a real testament not only to the hard work and dedication of the youngsters involved (including, … Continue reading →

Several major British Newspapers, and many online news sites have been carrying a story about Rio Ferdinand coming bottom of a ‘study’ of the language use of footballers on Twitter. The Mirror carried the story, boldly claiming that “RIO Ferdinand … Continue reading →

My A-level students (and probably others as well) have all had the experience at one point or another of me going berserk about someone using the word 'flow' to describe a piece of text, followed by my theatrically banning its use, … Continue reading →

via economist.com Possible ammunition for those of you resitting ENGB3 if the opportunity to discuss phonological change, or attitudes to accent and dialect crops up (and you can surely make it crop up). There are also issues of power / … Continue reading →