Category Archives: literature

Burns night: supper, poetry and an ode to a haggis

By admin | Published: 25 January 2010

As a Scot – and an Ayrshire Scot at that – Robert Burns and his poetry have always been important to me and I’ll be raising a glass to his ‘immortal memory’ tonight as Scots the world over celebrate Burns night. The unofficial national bard of Scotland (and voted the greatest ever Scot in a TV [...]

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Foreign idioms: a fun look at the sayings of the world

By admin | Published: 21 August 2009

A fun new book out this summer takes a sideways look at the idioms and sayings of the world. “I’m Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ear and Other Intriguing Idioms from Around the World” takes its title from a Russian saying which is broadly similar in meaning to the English phrase “I’m not pulling your [...]

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Translator behind Swedish ‘Dragon Tattoo’ revealed

By admin | Published: 12 August 2009

Along with much of the rest of the English speaking world, the WorldAccent office has not been immune to the lure of the Millennium trilogy by Stieg Larsson. For the uninitiated, crime novel “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” was a massive hit last year. The second in the series “The Girl Who Played With [...]

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