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The first English-speaking pope
The lost language of Adrian IV (1100-1159)
May 14 • 
Colin Gorrie
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How the Goths changed the fate of Europe
A guide to Gothic language and history
May 10 • 
Colin Gorrie
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The strange death of English ‘R’
And why it survived in America
Apr 26 • 
Colin Gorrie
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“She” is a weird word
The mysterious origin of a simple pronoun
Apr 9 • 
Colin Gorrie
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When poetry didn’t rhyme
The ancient art of alliterative verse
Mar 12 • 
Colin Gorrie
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When English worked like Latin
And how it all fell apart
Feb 26 • 
Colin Gorrie
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The invention that ruined English writing
Because it came 25 years too early
Feb 12 • 
Colin Gorrie
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