English once had extra letters, including Þ, pronounced like “th.” Geography, printing, and time slowly erased it, leaving us with the alphabet we know today ...

Why Q Needs U. By Danny Bate. Blink Publishing; 336 pages; £14.99. T HE ALPHABET is easy to take for granted. Children memorise it before they know why it matters. Then it’s of ...

Trent Alexander-Arnold does make it into an England A-Team XI but not in his favoured position, such is the strength of this ...

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