"Quandu t'è prumess u purcellu, legalu en u muscellu."

"There were moments, usually on a sunny Easter morning, when she wished that she could with sincerity call herself a C…"

"Because English is spoken and written in so many forms for a variety of purposes throughout the world it is surely im…"

"One of my earliest loves was the Book of Common Prayer. I was seduced by it, by its beautiful words and the sense of …"

"My English teacher, Miss Daisy Dalgliesh, really made Shakespeare live for me, although I didn't see it on stage unti…"

"Unless the young can use language effectively, both to express their own minds and to understand the minds of others,…"

"I always had a sceptical and slightly morbid caste of mind, so my first response to Humpty Dumpty was "Did he fall or…"

"We also had the inestimable advantage of beginning each school day with an act of worship which included a reading fr…"

"We cannot aspire to a "classless society", whatever that may mean, if some children are disadvantaged the moment they…"

"I'm not a tyrant, but I can't afford to be merciful. Whatever it is necessary to do, I will do it."