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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 10 Wordle Tips

Here’s Susie Dent’s top ten tips for the viral word game Wordle.

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. 

The true story behind London's worst-rated restaurant

People go for a monstrosity. I found an outdated café, an internet smear campaign, and a man with a fascinating story to tell.

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…

Susie Dent’s Introduction To Swearing: Talking Pants

Susie Dent’s look at the fruitier words in the English language continues to get to the bottom of things…

Basquiat and Warhol: Who Exploited Who?

The world premiere of Anthony McCarten’s new drama The Collaboration will be directed by Young Vic artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah.

Dear Young Me: Harvey Keitel

The inimitable star from Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Taxi Driver, and Blue Collar delivers his robust and rousing message to his teenage self.

Get Back: The Beatles’ Enduring Legacy

On the day of ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ release, we look at the enduring legacy of the Fab Four, as told through the eyes and ears of emerging British songwriters. 

We spent the night in London's worst 1-star hotel

We ordered our newest recruit, the fresh faced and eager-to-impress Archie Brydon to sleep in London's worst-reviewed hotel on TripAdvisor. It was bad. Unacceptably bad. He insists he's okay. We're not sure.

Susie Dent’s Introduction To Swearing: The Other P-Word

Susie wants a wee word with you about swearing…

Susie Dent’s Introduction To Swearing: A C-Word, But Not That One

There are a few rude c-words in the English language. Susie’s been taking a look at another of them…

The 14 Rarest Nintendo GameCube Games

Nintendo's GameCube is considered to be a commercial failure but it stuck around for six years and provided a host of great games. Want to play them on the original hardware today? It's gonna cost ya.

Susie Dent's Introduction to Swearing: The P-Word

Susie Dent’s guided tour of potty mouthed utterings is back at the letter P…

Susie Dent's Introduction to Swearing: A Particularly Useful B-Word

It’s not the most forceful piece of cussing, but don’t overlook the power of a good bloody…

Abbey Road Had The Beatles, The Olympic Had Everyone Else

The Olympic Studios was going to be converted into a supermarket and block of flats before a hero swept in with a bold restoration proposal.

Susie Dent's Introduction to Swearing: The Other C-Word

Susie’s guide to the potty-mouth side of the English language is crap this week.

Big Zuu

We caught up with Big Zuu about his rise to stardom - from freestyling at his local youth club, to becoming a household name in the grime scene, the BAFTA nominated TV chef and author is a man of many talents.

The Roars of the 90s Rave Scene

We take a trip down memory lane with the founder of ROAR, a project that whisked listeners on a technicolour trip to a place that defined a generation.

Susie Dent's Introduction to Swearing: The Other B-Word

Susie Dent’s potty-mouthed dictionary is back at the letter B. Not that word, though. The other one…

Omar Lye Fook MBE

British soul legend Omar joined us in the studio to look back at a formidable music career which spans three decades, and ahead to a new album on the horizon.

The Weird Routines of Creative Geniuses

We take you through the strange creative routines of history’s geniuses.

Susie Dent's Introduction to Swearing: The A-Word

Susie gets to the bottom of another of the English language’s filthy words…

Susie Dent's Introduction to Swearing: The S-Word

Things are getting down and dirty as Susie’s guide to swearing heads to the latrine…

UB40

UB40 are one of the UK’s leading and most loved reggae bands. We caught up with Ali Campbell and Astro to discuss their forty years on the road ahead of the release of their new album, ‘Unprecedented’.

Susie Dent’s Introduction To Swearing: The B-Word

Susie’s guide to potty-mouthed language heads just a little south…

The whynow weekender

whynow weekender is a deep-dive into the clubs that made their mark on the history of nightlife.

We spoke to the key players of Soho’s legendary Wag Club, a melting pot of music and flamboyant partygoers that pioneered London’s hip hop and house scenes.

Sam Nowell

Sam Nowell is a Northern Powerhouse. We caught up with the 23 year old designer for a chat about Manchester, collaborating with Selfridges, and designing buildings made from beer towels.

Susie Dent's Introduction to Swearing: The T-Word

As the journey through British swearing continues, we stop off at T.