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A detective’s guide to English place names
And the hidden history they reveal
Aug 30, 2025
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Colin Gorrie
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The first English-speaking pope
The lost language of Adrian IV (1100-1159)
May 14, 2025
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Colin Gorrie
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How the Goths changed the fate of Europe
A guide to Gothic language and history
May 10, 2025
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Colin Gorrie
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The strange death of English ‘R’
And why it survived in America
Apr 26, 2025
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Colin Gorrie
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When poetry didn’t rhyme
The ancient art of alliterative verse
Mar 12, 2025
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Colin Gorrie
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When English worked like Latin
And how it all fell apart
Feb 26, 2025
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Colin Gorrie
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The invention that ruined English writing
Because it came 25 years too early
Feb 12, 2025
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Colin Gorrie
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