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Reading Programmes: the art of reading for the OED
‘If we count it worth while to have all words, we can only have them by reading all books…drawing as with a sweep-net over the whole extent of English Literature…’…
Nick Sharratt’s favourite word
Illustrator and author Nick Sharratt is known worldwide for his much-loved work creating and illustrating books for children (and their parents!). Having loved drawing for as long as he can…
Meet the Editors: Catherine Sangster
Meet Catherine Sangster, our Head of Pronunciations, whose job it is to ‘look after the bits of the dictionary that tell you how to pronounce the word you’re looking up’….
An interview with Daisy Johnson, author of Everything Under
Author and OED ambassador Daisy Johnson recently visited our Oxford HQ to talk to us about her debut novel Everything Under, an eerie retelling of the Oedipus myth set on…
Professor Jim Al-Khalili’s five favourite words
Theoretical physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili is known worldwide for his work on nuclear reaction theory as well as his broadcasting and publication credits, which include the BBC Radio Four programme…
Baking the OED: Kate Young’s ‘formerly’ and ‘subsequently’ cheesecakes
Cheesecake, n. 1.Formerly: †a tart or pie containing a mixture originally including cheese, later usually curds or cream, eggs, sugar, butter, and various flavourings (obsolete). Subsequently: a dessert or sweet…
Frances Hardinge’s five favourite words
Frances Hardinge was brought up in a sequence of small, sinister English villages, and spent a number of formative years living in a Gothic-looking, mouse-infested hilltop house in Kent. She…
Meet the Editors: Danica Salazar
Introducing Danica Salazar, World English Editor for the Oxford English Dictionary. In this video – part of our Meet the Editors series for the OED‘s 90th anniversary celebrations – Danica…
The gift of words: an interview with Geraldine McCaughrean
With a mother who ‘wore out dictionaries as other people wear out shoes’, Geraldine McCaughrean was always destined for a life as a wordsmith. Now one of Britain’s best-loved children’s…
Walking Word by Word: a poem for the OED’s 90th birthday
As we celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Oxford English Dictionary’s first completed edition, writer and editor Stan Carey has honoured the occasion with a spine poem, titled ‘Walking Word…
