Delving into the various linguistic predicaments of Samuel Beckett reveals the beautiful complications of his writings.

Learning a foreign tongue opens up an entirely new spectrum of cultural rewards, yet state schools are failing to emphasise their importance

Review of The Appointment by Herta Müller; Perlmann's Silence by Pascal Mercier; and The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

The teaching of grammar should be at the heart of the school syllabus. Without it we are killing intellectual curiosity