In the last decade, the traditional phrase “to refer to” something has been almost entirely supplanted by a new formula: “referencing”. The other day, in an online report of an interview in the Daily Telegraph, Matt Hancock, recently the Health Secretary, was said to have “referenced his wife of 15 years”. It sounds as though he did something rather awful to her. But no, all he was doing was referring to her.
An RA exhibit details attempts to wipe out Ukrainian culture – and what survived
The parallels between the threat to Ukrainian culture in the 1930s and today are unmistakable.