Geoff Dyer is among the great uncategorizable prose writers of the past several decades and he also went to Oxford, albeit at ...

They are watched over by a raven – Pullman’s own daemon – which he chose because ravens steal things for good use. Pullman may have stolen some of Oxford for his books, but by remixing its ...

In his new book, the former Hartford Courant columnist does a deep dive into the words, themes, actions and turns of phrase in the novel.

Plus, when it’s OK to correct your employees’ grammar ... of good grammar in your line of work. (This also might be a good time to hand out some of those aforementioned books.) ...

This combination of memory for detail and droll humour makes Dyer’s prose shine on every page. The book is awash in Britishisms (“biro,” “lollies,” “O-levels” and “A-levels”), which go undefined for ...

However, as all English majors know, grammar debates ... if the mighty little Oxford comma has the power to become a determining factor in a court case, it might be a good idea to find out if ...

Julian Barnes is the author of 13 novels, including the 2011 Booker Prize-winning “The Sense of an Ending.” In 2017 he was ...

DISCUSSED in the preceding five chapters were the consistent use of parallel structures as key to writing more readable, more forceful, and more polished sentences. Also, for clearer and more cohesive ...

As a Russell Group uni this Labubu is basically the Newcastle student anthem wrapped in plush form — rocking the comfiest ...

Every now and again, something happens which makes you realise that, beneath an apparently egalitarian surface, Britain is still riven with class division, says A.N. WILSON.