The enduring image I will keep of Jane Goodall is of her emotional goodbye to a chimp she had rescued and nurtured, on the day of the animal’s release. Susie Dent Read Quote
Among the best of Hitchcock’s own psychological thrillers is ‘Spellbound,’ whose story unusually wrapped the subject of psychoanalysis around a murder mystery. Susie Dent Read Quote
Unlike our neighbours on the mainland of Europe, we have resisted creating an academy to legislate over proper English. We each have our linguistic bugbear, but few of us would want to freeze our mother tongue. Susie Dent Read Quote
The character of our language defines us, and dictionaries say as much about us as about the way we speak. Susie Dent Read Quote
I don’t intentionally eavesdrop. I’m not looking for salacious gossip, I’m just looking for vocabulary items. Susie Dent Read Quote
Above all, Jane Goodall continues to teach us that, as humans, we are no more entitled to our glorious planet than the chimps she so lovingly protects. Susie Dent Read Quote
English may be the fastest moving language in the world, but there are plenty of concepts, sensations and everyday occurrences which lack a pithy word to describe them. Take the clunkiness of ‘the day before yesterday’ and ‘the day after tomorrow’: German provides single words for both. Susie Dent Read Quote
Why use salty when you can have brackish? It carries a sense of part-water, part-salt, too, just like the sea. Susie Dent Read Quote
Quite often people ask me ‘Is there a word for… ‘ and go on to highlight a gap in our language that we need to fill. Susie Dent Read Quote
Probably my favourite winter-word of all. Apricity is the warmth of the sun on a chilly day. Susie Dent Read Quote