'My boss keeps emailing me after work. Is there anything I can do?' – Millennial Agony Aunt 39
My boss keeps emailing me on the weekends and in the evenings, and it’s really messing with my mental health. Is there anything I can do?
Culture
'My boyfriend never watches me perform and I feel he doesn’t support my career' - Millennial Agony Aunt 38
I’m a musician but my boyfriend never comes to watch me perform and I feel he doesn’t support my career. What should I do?
Susie Dent’s Top Tens: 10 words to describe a government
Susie Dent and her dictionary take a dim view of politics. For every term describing good government, there are ten or more describing the opposite.
What Winning the UK City of Culture Will Do for Bradford
Bradford has been crowned the UK City of Culture after seeing off competition from County Durham, Wrexham and Southampton. Now what?
Why you should watch the British Basketball League
After big investments in British basketball, with more cameras, lights, partners, teams, halftime events and...Americans, now is the time to join the fun.
'My girlfriend and I want a baby but we can’t decide what to do about surnames' - Millennial Agony Aunt 37
My girlfriend and I want a baby, but can’t decide about a surname. I think we should use both, she thinks we use mine. How do we settle this?
'My date asked me not to wear make up, how do I explain his comment was inappropriate?' - Millennial Agony Aunt 36
I was going on a Hinge date and the guy messaged me before saying not to wear makeup. How do I explain how inappropriate his comment was?
Susie Dent’s Top Tens: 10 brilliant swears and exclamations from the past
Are you tired of using the same repertoire of swears as everyone else? Susie Dent is at your service.
Why You Should Listen to the Latest Episode of Having Words with Susie Dent
Have you been enjoying Susie’s tongue-twisting breakdown of the English language, exclusively on whynow? Well, next up is a real humdinger.
Marriage or Mortgage? - Millennial Agony Aunt 35
I want to keep saving for a house, and my boyfriend thinks we should get married and have a blow out wedding. Who’s right? How do we decide?
Is UK Society anti-Pagan? The Future of Polytheism in Britain
Historian Tom Rowsell examines how ancient prejudices against traditional polytheistic religions still result in exclusion from powerful institutions, which claim to promote diversity and interfaith dialogue.
British Artisan Cheese Production Overtakes France
Britain, this little old island, long the subject of international mockery for our supposedly unrefined cuisine, now produces over 1,100 varieties of artisan cheese.
‘My girlfriend keeps liking this guy’s posts — do I look at her DMs or leave it?’ - Millennial Agony Aunt 34
This week, our Millennial Agony Aunt deals with someone who, though branded a friend, is unacceptably rude to waiters.
Susie Dent’s Top Tens: Top Ten Things You Didn’t Know Had a Name
Have you ever stretched and yawned simultaneously and been unable to find the word to describe it? Or observed an inept person in public office and been rendered speechless? Here, then, are ten things you didn’t know had a name.
‘My friend is great — but is always rude to waiters’ - Millennial Agony Aunt 33
This week, our Millennial Agony Aunt deals with someone who, though branded a friend, is unacceptably rude to waiters.
Eight Other Ways to Spend $44 Billion
What can $44 billion buy you, other than the little blue bird? We look at some alternative ways - both silly and serious - you could splurge that kind of cash.
Ed Sheeran, Basil Brush Involved in Bizarre Sounding Platinum Jubilee Pageant
With the Queen's Platinum Bubilee celebration just a little over a month away, some of the details from the celebration have been announced. And, well, it all sounds a little weird...
Susie Dent’s Top Tens: 10 Emotions That Belong to the Morning
Susie Dent gives her top ten words for all those who find themselves relentlessly 'crumpsy' first thing – i.e. tired, irritable, and more than a little creased.
TikTok Boosts Book Sales In The UK
Publishers Association says so called “BookTok” has helped book sales in the UK hit a record high in 2021.
Inside The Heartbreak Hotel
Does it ever just get too much? Well now you can get away and recuperate with a healthy dose of heartache, at Norfolk's new Heartbreak Hotel. We speak to those involved.
Susie Dent's Top Tens: 10 Words That Look Rude, But Aren't
This week, Susie's come up with a whole bunch of words that might get you in trouble, but are actually really quite innocent. Honest!
Susie Dent’s Top Tens: 10 Words to Bring in Spring
Followers of Susie Dent on Twitter will be only too aware she’s second to none at finding the right word for the occasion: she’s found a few for (hopefully) brighter days…
Having Words with Susie Dent
Countdowns Susie Dent chats words with comedians, linguists and unlikely vocabulary vultures about their thoughts, memories and feelings attached to language.
Susie Dent’s Top Tens: 10 Different Words to Describe Your Emotions
Followers of Susie Dent on Twitter will be only too aware she’s second to none at finding the right word for the occasion: and here are ten more for our current times.
Susie Dent’s Top Tens: 10 Ways to Say Something Nice
Susie Dent has supplied us with ten words to repeat all day long; useful utterances to stay positive after a bleak week.
Susie Dent’s Top Tens: 10 Words to Describe Your Football Team
Want to know how to describe your football team? Here’s the top ten words to do so from everyone’s favourite lexicographer, Susie Dent.
Susie Dent's Top Tens: 10 Words to Describe Office Co-Workers
In the first installment of her new series, Susie Dent takes us through her favourite ten words to describe office co-workers.
Susie Dent's Introduction to Swearing: The C-Word
Susie Dent on the origins of the C-word. Not for the easily offended.
Susie Dent’s Introduction To Swearing: Not Quite That C-Word (But Close)
Susie Dent’s guide to fruity language heads towards the nether regions…
