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  • Dave Wilton

Dave Wilton

21 Mar 2025 • 6 min read
B&W photo of a cat in a winged viking helmet and scale-mail breastplate, with the caption “Brünnhilde"

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Medieval illumination of a robed & seated man, holding a book and writing on parchment; above a winged lion blows a trumpet

English Translations of the Bible

23 November 2025 There is perhaps no book as influential in the development of the English language as the Christian Bible. But to understand how the Bible influenced our language (and our history) we need to understand what the “Bible” is and how the translations we read today came into
23 Nov 2025 12 min read
Photo of Sean Bean as Boromir from the Lord of the Rings with the words “One does not simply create a meme” overlaid
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meme (paid)

21 Nov 2025 3 min read
Revision of an old entry that was topical when originally written

prorogation / prorogue

Prorogation is an arcane parliamentary jargon term meaning the suspension of a session of parliament without formally dissolving it. Prorogation is a commonly used without much public notice in a pro forma manner in the few days leading up to a new session or just prior to parliament’s dissolution
21 Nov 2025 3 min read
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