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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