English Language Day 2025 is observed on April 23, a date chosen to honour both the birth and death anniversary of the legendary playwright and poet William Shakespeare, who is widely regarded as one ...

The works which have been preserved from the semi-Saxon period, the "Chronicle of Brutus," the Ancrea Rivoli and the Ormulum, he discusses at considerable length, as they well deserve, from the light ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

I didn’t mean to watch this entire thing, but dammit if I didn’t sit through all ten minutes (alright, technically 11 minutes and 20 seconds) of this fantastically witty, animated history of the ...

Triangulations blogger Sabio Lantz recently put together this rather clever diagram showing how the English language has evolved over the past 3,000 years. And yes, though it first emerged as a West ...

Almost 950 years ago, a conquest led by William, Duke of Normandy, invaded not only England but also the language of the “English”. In the Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon King Harold was defeated, and ...