Forward reader Susan Hessel writes: “I am reading a book called ‘The Report,’ a novel based on an incident in a London bomb shelter in 1943. In the book, Jews, particularly Jewish refugees, are ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

A new visualization shows how Lin-Manuel Miranda’s prose was influenced by everyone from Lauryn Hill to Gilbert & Sullivan. The software itself actually isn’t that complicated, at least the way the ...

As alarmist headlines go, they were pretty puzzling. “Teenagers Aren’t Bobby Moore About Their Ruby Murrays and Their Rosie Lee,” fretted one British tabloid this week. “Is Cockney Rhyming Slang Brown ...

Whether you're at the supermarket, the park or home, it is always a good time to practise rhyming words. Recognising and producing rhymes is a key skill, which will help unlock important language and ...

Rhyme, the mainstay of musical ditties and naughty limericks, isn't often taken seriously. New research, however, is showing it has the power to influence the way we think—and may even make dubious ...

As children approach pre-school age, they'll often begin to build their understanding of the different sounds that make up words and be able to spot similarities and differences between different ...

Why are people so crazy for Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton," the hip-hop inspired account of founding father Alexander Hamilton on Broadway that's sold out through August? Among many reasons, those ...

Would you Adam and Eve it some people don’t have a clue what a Ruby Murray is? Surely they’re having a bubble and getting themselves in the barney rubble or telling porkie pies if they don’t? If you ...

Whether at sea or in port, in peacetime or at war, every moment of a Navy ship’s existence is tracked. The deck log, prepared by the officer of the deck, chronicles where the ship has been, what has ...

The slang is dying out amid London’s diverse, multi-cultural society, new research has revealed. A study of 2,000 adults, including half from the capital, found the world famous East End lingo which ...