Quotations
How to tether your camel and other useful tips
Here’s a treat for Christmas: a bona fide literary treasure for under a tenner. And a handsome little hardback, too,…
The murky origins of David Cameron’s new favourite phrase
‘They all laughed at Christopher Columbus,’ sang my husband flatly, ‘when he said the world was round.’ I wasn’t going…
Why it’s time to revive the commonplace book
Among the gifts that have come my way this Christmas season, none has given me pleasure more immediate or more…
Britain's best one-liners, from Oxford's 2013 edition
A selection from the latest edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations, edited by Gyles Brandreth