David Crystal
Rendering the word of God in English
William Tyndale and the English Language by David Crystal
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
After the abdication
Springwood is a skillful and intelligent examination of presidential-monarchical relations
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
One deuce of a decider
This is it, when you look into the abyss and the abyss looks back into you
Peston’s Inbox
Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”
Lebanon’s finest
Henry Jeffreys savours some reds
and whites from the Bekaa valley
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
No Keirs, only dreams now
With the prime minister on his way out, even his own MPs have discovered a fondness for him