Author: Nigel Fountain

With all the bells and whistles, this intriguing guide to all those everyday phrases really is the bees knees for anyone with a love of the English...

The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our life-time.' Sir Edward Grey, British foreign secretary, 3 August ...

At the end of the day, when it comes to getting your head around clichés, everybody seems to be singing from the same hymn sheet. Clichés have beco...