Prose and consAs fans of 'Just a Minute' know, the key to the game is knowing your way around the English language: how it works, how it's evolved, and how words connect, often in surprising ways. When it comes to the English language (and 'Just a Minute'), Gyles Brandreth has seen it all and now he's ready to put you through your linguistic paces. In this A to Z of verbal acrobatics, Gyles takes you on a whirlwind tour of our mother tongue from the origins of

With the help of a gentle mortal tasked with setting up the Central Bank of Hell

was he was about to be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's history

Alex Bellos travelled to Tokyo to meet the puzzle masters behind these habit-forming brainteasers and brought back over 200 puzzles that will flex

And a reminder

In 'The Great Romantic'

230 black and white images

accusations

This title provides an inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge

and the way we understand ourselves

they brought their university politics with them

The Secret Barrister returns to debunk the biggest legal lies of our time

Esteemed Yale professor Dr Becca Levy is the world's leading expert and pioneer in the field of ageing