It's 200 years since the word "hello" was first used in print - though its roots date back to the 15th Century. How has the ...

A dialogue-free production of "Antony & Cleopatra" creates striking images but loses something in its storytelling.

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Word of the day Syzygy explains a scientific term used in astronomy. It describes a straight-line arrangement of celestial ...

It's not just the quintessential corporate jargon word. "Synergy" goes back hundreds of years, with history in Christianity, ...

The Oxford English Dictionary has added eight words drawn from South Korean culture in its latest quarterly update, Oxford ...

Author Martha Barnette explores the origins of words like "boycott" and "mellifluous" as well as her own love of language.

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William Lloyd-Lavery of Richmond Avenue in Lisburn is accused of nine counts of indecent assault and two further counts of ...