Emotional reserve in public does not mean neglecting our interior lives, it means being serious about them

Criticism does not amount to discrimination or abuse

How did one honorific colonise our language?

Error is the joy of pedants, be the error serious or trivial

We must be very careful with redefinitions of commonly understood words

Using untruthful pronouns is not the same as complimenting a bad haircut

We are in danger of making unhinged generalisations about unhinged generalisers

It is not just a matter of communication but of culture

Censorship is not only desirable but necessary if a democratic society and its laws are to function correctly

Romans, Danes, Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Norwegians all made their marks