Language
Jeremy Corbyn "the absolute boy"? Give the nickname a rest
What is the quality of boyhood that we would find admirable in this earnest 68-year-old and near teetotal man?
Leith on language: Whaam! Bam! Thanks Batman!
"Here, I thought, is a whole subcategory of vocabulary"
Leith on language: Rebooting liberalism
"I want to say we need a liberalism worthy of the name. But before that, we need a name worthy of the concept"
Leith on language: Living with “lived experience”
That way lies solipsism
How words shape our world
There is gold in Charles Taylor's new work on language—a pity it's so hard to find
Paris attacks: journalists do cover global violence, but they need to think about language
It's not just which stories the media covers-the way it covers them matters just as much
The Duel: Is there such a thing as correct English?
Does it matter if we split infinitives or fuse participles? Campaigners for "correct" English think that it does
What if… Americans spoke German?
Prospect's counter-factual column
Shivering in Tolkien’s shadow
Middle Earth has swallowed up our understanding of the Middle Ages
Letter from Beijing: The backlash against English
Why is the Chinese government discouraging learning our language?
Leith on life: We live in a swearier age
I understand that it is a moral abomination to have sweary children, but at the same time almost nothing makes me laugh more.