Wonder why we call it making a “toast”? Read a history of the word from The New York Times. As we raise a glass to the past year and the one ahead, let’s explore the history of the tradition and what are the reasons behind the use of this name. Cheers everyone!

I'll talk about the trend among almost all newspapers and magazines (the latest one is The Wall Street Journal) to drop courtesy titles as editors have concluded that the titles in news articles are becoming a vestige of a more-formal past, and that the flood of Mr., Ms., Mx. or Mrs. in sentences can slow down readers’ enjoyment of writing. Also, The New York Times has introduced “enhanced bylines” that tells readers more about how journalists did the reporting. Curious to know more?

A guide to Translation made by Italian writer Italo Calvino as extracted from The Written World and the Unwritten World by Italo Calvino, by Ann Goldstein. ‘Translation is the true way of reading a text’ wrote Calvino on translations of his work from the Italian adding: 'In English, I may not recognise myself at all': Italo Calvino. How do you usually translate? Listen to know more.

Britain seems to have pre-Coronation jitters …And they have just escalated with the news that Prince Harry will be attending, without Meghan (who will he sit next to? How will he get on with his brother and sister-in-law?) but Britain has got nothing to worry about writes the UK press..are we sure about that?

It's censorship time dear readers and listeners. Critics are accusing the British publisher of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s books of censorship after it removed colourful language from works such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda to make them more acceptable to modern readers. Next I will talk about how ChatGPT is threatening Google in the battle for search. What do AI chatbots mean for the lucrative business of searching the internet? And what I really think about ChatGPT.