“ News of the World, ” by Paulette Jiles. Jiles died this summer and I read this novel, a western set in 19th-century Texas, ...

Irish indie Mercier Press has acquired the English translation of the An Post Irish Book Award winner Thaddeus Ó Buachalla’s ...

When Jostin Lojaro arrived in the Shenandoah Valley School District from the Dominican Republic, the teenager barely knew a word of English. But two years later he reads the language, understands it, ...

What seems different about 21st-century English is the speed with which these changes spread and are adopted—at least ...

On Aug. 13, 2025, Judge Carlos Mendoza of the U.S. Middle District of Florida ruled in Penguin Random House v. Gibson that ...

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At a time when its leadership is in question and its mission challenged, the Library of Congress has named a new U.S. poet ...

In this programme you'll learn 'get with the programme' – an idiom used to encourage someone to accept new ideas or techniques. But can it be used in work and your social life? Find out in this ...

To play this audio you need to enable JavaScript. Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, where we explain phrases used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them as well. I'm Feifei, and ...

Ahead of its premiere at this year's San Sebastian Film Fest, the Swedish director discusses adapting Rasmus Andersson's debut novel and setting it in England: "We appreciate when a film can make you ...