By turns an autobiography, travelogue and meditation on language, Polly Barton’s Fifty Sounds is an eclectic study on what it means to teach – and learn – a language, as told through fifty mimetic sounds.

Should selfie be a word in the dictionary? Previous editor of the OED John Simpson seems to think so!

Literature has helped to create the language that we use to understand the world around us, express ourselves and ultimately define who we are.