Privilege comes from the Latin privilegium, a bill or law giving advantage to a private individual

The origins of the word

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A new BBC documentary captures the spirit of the club that made London a global hub for jazz

Dominic Green takes us through the history of the word “Queer”

Bestialists, radical agriculturalists and fashionable intellectuals will enjoy this book, especially the pictures

From a German zoologist to internet burns, Dominic Green charts the history of the word meme

Forty years on from the death of John Lennon, Dominic Green recounts the tormented life of the last universal Western icon

It’s a matter of time until the Biden presidency becomes the Harris presidency.