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To honour the return of birds in the spring and the birthday of the renowned bird painter John James Audubon (born 26 April, 1785), let...

It's been a late spring in southern Ontario, but even here a few brave tulips are beginning to poke through the ground. In more temperat...

The Guardian is encouraging people to send in examples of the most execrable arts jargon they have found, launching the campaign with this:...

I don't know about you, but in the last few months I've noticed a sudden upsurge in the use of the phrasal verb "reach out...

By special request from a Wordlady reader, today's word is "magazine". Where does it come from and why do we use it for such d...

Faithful Wordlady readers will know that I sing in a choir. At least, I do when not being asphyxiated by incense or rendered mute by some na...

This coming Sunday is Palm Sunday, on which Christians commemorate the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, with the crowds lining his...