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Linguistic policing, lost marks and learning outcomes: controversy on the British university campus

April 2, 2017

An article appeared in The Guardian today suggesting that students in British universities are being subjected to linguistic policing, and threatened …

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Clerks, Clerics and Tricksters: A Word and its Literary History

April 2, 2017

This weekend the Erewash Press published Anthony Trollope’s novel The Three Clerks.  It’s a great read, partly because of the …

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“Local church” – a term and its problems

December 17, 2016

Coming back from the church this morning (Christmas tree festival, since you ask), I was confronted on Twitter by a …

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Marked Men: Taking A Bath Whilst A Being A Bloke

January 21, 2016

Well, that’s one fewer thing I need to worry about. According to the packing of these bathing products, I can …

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The Battle of the Sexes: Metaphor and Violence

January 7, 2016

Yesterday I heard a TV presenter use the phrase “the Battle of the Sexes” yet again. It’s a set of …

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On Their Back: Tyson Fury, Sex and Violence

December 8, 2015

Note: this article refers non-graphically to sexually violent language. In response to criticism of his misogynist and homophobic views, the …

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Tyson Fury and the Influence of Christian Stars

December 5, 2015

Tyson Fury will remain as one of the candidates for the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year Award.  The broadcaster …

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The Damage Manxiety Does

November 27, 2015

There’s a new word you may have seen recently, appearing in publications from Metro to Men’s Health.  “Manxiety”.  It’s one …

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“Like A Radical Norman Bates”: Male Violence and Culture

August 24, 2015

This tweet image showed up in my Twitter feed today, with a comment by Bim Adewunmi, fairly remarking “no one …

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Gossiping Women: The Attacks on Mumsnet

August 18, 2015

Today the website Mumsnet announced that it had come under various forms of electronic attack, and that one of its …

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My latest book investigates a literary urban legend about Shakespeare and the King James Bible.

Words of Power: Reading Shakespeare and the Bible - my book on the history and use of these two texts.

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