Last night I stupidly watched the News before retiring for a very unpleasant night. It transpires that strange times and media bias are...

Repetition is a tricky one. If you do it too much you are repetitive but if you get it just right it makes your ideas clearer and more...

Weekend post means that I can think a little harder rather than just randomly typing. Looking back I know that I was never taught how to...

Thought we could go back to the basics today. Too hot for my little brain to do anything else. Firstly, I would like to know why they...

OK so if you are not part of NGS then the title may be slightly confusing but if I explain that Bole is hyper with or without sugar,...

Just opened a document about dialects and pronunciation in different areas of the UK but that is way too heavy a topic for a sunny...

Today I have been dipping into 'Words, Words, Words' by David Crystal. Looking at affixes, which can be divided into prefixes which fix...

I have a plan during lockdown to listen to all of my CDs from the past. Even if they are really bad I have to listen to them once and...

Well this is a tricky one for a Sunday and the answer is kind of, does it really matter? I have been pondering this for a long time as I...

Now my thoughts fall on the men created by JB. Don't call him that in an essay though! I am only considering Mr B and Gerald, Eric I will...

Wow you can hear it straight from the horse's mouth. I got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning and it feels like it was a bunk...

It's Wednesday and as a teacher I like to think of that as the middle of the week, so inevitably that is the day that I choose to clean,...

I know the title seems weird and please if making comments remember your audience! So this morning I was wide awake at silly o'clock...

This morning I have woken up with my mind going at 200 miles per hour wondering why JB Priestley chose the names that he did for his...

My thoughts today focus on the list of 3, the rule of 3 or even tripartite statements! Why do I find myself day in day out asking...

I thought I should explain that this is really aimed at students or past students of NGS. This is obviously really important if you...

I am just interested in the language not the politics and certainly not the statistics. Have any new words been invented? At first I...

Lockdown, lockdown. lockdown. What a luscious list of 3. Now I am in the realms of alliteration. Help me! I have gone all emotive. 'Shut...