"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…"

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

"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…"

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

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

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

"I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my g…"

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