Aus dem Herzen der Natur... Originally uploaded by waɪ.tiː From the heart of nature. I don't think this is quite what Licher had in mind when they came up with that catchphrase. I hate litter louts. There's a shopkeeper in the UK who has cut litter in her village by 40 per cent by writing […]

There is a price to pay for having toys made abroad just because it's cheaper. Granny Suzanne Toulson bought her granddaughter ABC building blocks from Morrisons, only to find a series of spelling errors. Building blocks have a letter of the alphabet and a word that starts with that letter, but the Y block misspelled […]

German multimedia producer, Oliver Radtke is on a mission to save Chinglish. He first discovered the odd and wonderful world of Chinglish in 2000 in a Shanghai cab, where he saw a curious sign reading: "Don't forget to carry your thing." Nine years later, he has written two popular books on the subject, and is […]

More than a quarter of teenagers in England are not taking English literature GCSE, according to figures published by the Conservatives. About 37% of poorer students - those entitled to free school meals - did not sit the exam in 2008. But while the number fell at maintained schools, it rose at independent ones. Mary […]

Going round the country I have been struck by the comments that are made about young people, when I meet them, about what jobs they want to do when they grow up. And you know, I meet large numbers of people who want to be doctors and nurses, many who want to be teachers and […]

This story made me laugh till my sides hurt. Seemingly librarians at Manchester University did not recognise a particular book. The book is regarded as the most authoritative documentation of man's habitation on earth, but the librarians placed it in the gay and lesbian section. The title of the book? The Homo Britannicus ROFL Full […]