Susie Dent

An anonymous letter arrives at the offices of the Clarendon English Dictionary containing a challenge for the team of lexicographers working there. It's clear that's it's not the usual run-of-the-mill, eccentric enquiry. The letter hints at secrets, lies and a year. 2010....

Susie Dent has spent years interviewing hundreds of professionals, hobbyists and enthusiasts, and the result is an idiosyncratic phrasebook like no other....

Lexicographer and all-round word expert Susie Dent is a national treasure. The listener can discover a curious coinage or a fascinating etymological fact for every day of a full year....

There are real words to pinpoint exactly how you feel and Susie Dent, Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner and lexicographer extraordinaire, is going to help you find them....

When mysterious symbols appear as graffiti around Oxford, lexicographer Martha Thornhill recognises them from a runic alphabet created by a deceased fantasy writer whose papers she once worked on.

Susie Dent, bestselling author, broadcaster and word expert, is on a mission to find light in the deepest, darkest corners of our language....

There are times when the world feels more divided than ever. But it is important to remember the things that unite rather than divide us. Susie has searched to unearth words and phrases that celebrate harmony, unity, and the universal languages that connect people across the world.