Peter Robins

Link-blog: For the love of words

The worth of long words in children’s books (the comments thread is the main bit).

Academic criticism: still worth reading.

A long view of librarianship.

Words only used in exam answers.

The aftermath of the great Oxford comma blogstorm.

An American view of the questions English newspapers ask Alan Hollinghurst.

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