Inspired by @susie_dent's Beyond Cherwell talk, we've compiled suggestions of new words to fill linguistic gaps: https://t.co/G4HFosixlk. Is the rain giving you a feeling of 'trisatus'? Fed up of being 'frussocked'? Are you a 'flutterbuffer'? We're feeling pla...

They chose @kamilashamsie's 'Churail', struck by haunting images, troubling metaphors and powerful ideas about culture and tales, old and new, personal and shared, created and enforced. They illustrated, wrote creative responses and puzzled over snippets that...

40 Year 12s spent Friday evening in school on a BBC and @Cambridge_Uni Student Critics Award for the #bbcnssa, with a @BBCRadio4 listening party, animated discussion of the prize shortlist and their own personal responses - creative, reflective and analytical...

We welcomed lexicographer, etymologist and star of Dictionary Corner, @susie_dent, for a fascinating talk and wide ranging discussion on the secret lives of words, linguistic gaps and how to fill them. Our first competition of the year: create your own diction...