A lifelong lover of language, he earned his degree in English Literature and History ... listening to him read favorites like Lewis Carroll’sThe Jabberwocky. A devoted grandfather, he was ...

Mimsy's character is taken from a word in a passage from the Lewis Carroll poem 'Jabberwocky': "All mimsy were the borogoves". Tyne Daly is Tim Daly's older sister. The scene with Webber and the ...

On one level, Mansfield Park is a fairytale transposed to the 19th century: Fanny Price is the archetypal poor relation who, through her virtuousness, wins a wealthy husband. But Jane Austen’s 1814 ...

One out of two isn't the worst, and it won Chelsea this match against a stubborn Everton side. LEWIS STEELE: It is just before 7.30am and we are about to embark on a tour of Liverpool and the ...

The Dutchman G J Renier probed our idiosyncrasies in his bluntly titled The English: Are they Human?; among the most popular books of my childhood were Pierre Daninos’s accounts of Major Thompson, a ...

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