LC:Silent letters are found in lots of English words and because you can’t hear them when you say the word it makes spelling these words really tricky. Bahhh. We all know this is a lamb ahhhh, Baaa ...

Always a bridesmaid and never a bride, B is the also-ran, the second best, the afterthought, the sidekick to the alphaletter A. When things fall apart, we go to Plan B; we’ll watch B-movies with ...

A series of words beginning with the same consonant, used to emphasise a point or create a mood. Tongue twisters are an obvious example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Try saying that ...

Believe it or not, the capital A hasn’t always looked the way it does now. Ancient Egyptians wrote the letter upside down, creating a symbol that resembled a steer with horns. Learn the surprising ...