Gadsby: Fifty thousand words without an ‘e’
There are very, very few words in the English language where vowels aren't used. And 'e' is the most commonly used...
Literature
Hey Hulk, why green?
Cartoonist Stan Lee’s creation Hulk made his maiden appearance in the year 1962, in a comic series named after him...
Remembering Agatha Christie
'Plots come to me at such odd moments, when I am walking along the street, or examining a hat shop...suddenly...
Nobel Prize in Literature: The firsts
The Nobel Prize is one of the most prestigious awards at the international level. The award honours academic, cultural and/or scientific advances. Literature...
How the rhino got his skin, Rudyard Kipling explains
The rhino looks like it is wearing a coat of armour. Rudyard Kipling, in his story 'How the Rhinoceros Got...
Self-confident Tennyson wasn’t put off by Babbage
The poem 'Vision of Sin' (1842) by Alfred, Lord Tennyson has the following lines: Every moment dies a man Every...
