Oxford-based charity MuMo Creative has secured a three-year grant worth £232,451 from the National Lottery Community Fund.

“It felt like ‘orgasm’ wasn’t a word that was used in that time period,” says Brownell. The show, based on the books by Julia Quinn and produced by Shondaland, is set during Britain’s Regency era, the ...

Matrescence refers to the intense biological, psychological, and social changes a woman undergoes throughout pregnancy, birth ...

Each year, BBC 500 Words partner, Oxford University Press, releases their Children's Language Report - a unique study which deep dives into the stories to find out what children are writing about.

The word “epic” is rooted in high art and classical antiquity. But to 21st century American ears, calling the US war in Iran ...

Brent crude oil prices shot up as the US and Israeli war against Iran disrupted oil supplies in the Middle East. CNN’s Word of the Week asks: How did the benchmark barrel of oil get the name “Brent”?

Weather forecasters at the National Weather Service, The Weather Channel and this very news organization had a name for the ...

Irascible hotelier Basil Fawlty once snapped at an undercover inspector: “I’m afraid most people we get in here don’t know a bordeaux from a claret.” As so often, the joke was on Fawlty Towers: (red) ...

Creators of the world’s most trusted dictionaries, Oxford University Press, have been busy updating their children’s dictionaries and thesauruses, and the brand new books – for both early and middle ...

When we name something, we validate it.

Tucked away in Oxford University’s historic library are the oldest surviving New Testament fragments, papyrus texts nearly 2,000 years old that are among Christianity’s most treasured writings. For Dr ...