June 1998 Issue John Banville Secrets of the Oxford English Dictionary The Surgeon of Crowthorne By Simon Winchester
August 1991 Issue Andrew Billen The Reason Why Counts Became Earls Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths and Profanity in English By Geoffrey Hughes LR
March 2017 Issue Jonathan Meades Words Fail Me It’s Been Said Before: A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Clichés By Orin Hargraves LR
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