Wordwatch: May and Might
Andrew Wilton
A deep dive into the linguistic history of well-known, but often little understood English words and phrases.
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A deep dive into the linguistic history of well-known, but often little understood English words and phrases.
An exploration of Caspar David Friedrich’s Chalk Cliffs on Rügen painting (1819-20).
A deep dive into the linguistic history of well-known, but often little understood English words and phrases.
An exploration of John Bartlett’s large canvas ‘History Painting’, depicting the poll-tax riot in Trafalgar Square in March 1990.
Books from over 150 years ago now sometimes carry a ‘disclaimer’ about the ‘political incorrectness’ of their contents. Is that really necessary?
An exploration of Raphael’s The Entombment, painted in 1507 and housed at the Villa Borghese in Rome.
A deep dive into the linguistic history of well-known, but often little understood English words and phrases.
An exploration of Frederic Edwin Church’s powerful work of art evoking the sublime landscape of the Niagara Falls from the American Side.
A deep dive into the linguistic history of well-known, but often little understood, English words and phrases.
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