Suitcase words have many potential meanings, and their interpretation is highly context-dependent

Les apprenants de l’anglais langue étrangère (EFL) butent souvent sur certains mots, soit parce qu’ils sont des “faux amis”, soit parce...

Proust was the first to describe how taste and memory intertwine. Pixar’s Ratatouille brought that revelation to life for a new generation.

Just because you have not been radicalised, it doesn’t mean you are not being manipulated.

On 31 March 2025, after an investigation lasting 9 years, Marine Le Pen was convicted for embezzling public funds.

In this second series on troublesome words, I want to look at common problems for people learning English as a second language.

Raising bilingual children can be challenging, but it is also rewarding — for parents and children alike.

What is going on in French politics, and why were so many people worried about the recent elections?

There are probably hundreds of millions of habitable worlds in the universe. So where are all the aliens?

I discuss the evolution of English between the Middle Ages and the Modern Era

There are many conflicting narratives around the Ukraine war. I look at the interplay of pacifism, realism and propaganda

Legal English is often so obscure that it has its own term: legalese.

Last week, Joe Biden signed a bill that could eventually lead to TikTok being banned on US soil.

Ferdinand de Saussure was a Swiss linguist who pioneered theories on the communication of meaning. He proposed a two-part model of...

Harry Potter is an excellent way to introduce children to moral philosophy and mythology, as well as encourage critical thinking

Warning: the following blog post may contain minor spoilers about Le Porteur d’histoire, Dune, and Slumdog Millionaire   I recently had...

Such was Shakespeare’s ability to put the human experience into words that he famously coined hundreds of words and expressions , many...

It is not an original statement to say that money is corrupting football, but for a long time I thought that this perspective came from a...

I consider myself very lucky to have dual nationality; I have two countries. Two cultures. Two languages? It’s complicated… Born to an...

The question may seem like a strange one – after all, Boris Johnson succeeded in delivering Brexit – but beyond the legal and technical...