Patsy Collins - Words about writing and writing about words

Nice generally means pleasant, kind or satisfactory. It can also be used to show fastidiousness, a subtle distinction or something requiri...

An idea is a concept or plan formed by mental effort, a mental impression, an intention, vague belief or fancy ... and what you need to st...

Philology is the science of language. Keen as I am on English, that doesn't make me a philologist , as I don't do anything scient...

A threshold is a point of entry, either real or metaphorical. Traditionally new brides were carried over the threshold of their marital ...

A censor is an official who studies books, films, plays and the like and suppresses any parts they feel shouldn't be made public. This ...

A word is said to rhyme with another when the sounds at the end are the same. Round rhymes with sound, time  rhymes  with mime (and rhyme...

We're back home after ten weeks away in the campervan! (The photos are all of homes, or former homes, we saw on our travels.) Here...

I really wanted 'grotesque zoomorphic corbels' as the word of the week, but as Gary pointed out, that's more than one word. Sti...

A lapidarium is a collection of carved masonry and gravestones. This one is at Coldingham Priory. I hope you appreciate the lengths I g...