Word Wrangling with Terry Victor

Wrangling the 5 words that underpin it all for me. Plus quite a bit of swearing and a lot of penises. 

The cultural trivia includes John Lennon, Professor Stanley Unwin, Horace Walpole and Penguin Books. There's Oz and Ozploitation and bona oodles of polari. From Shakespeare to the Perfumed Garden and an old Persian fairy tale.

It's a ribald romp to the lost horizon of my interior monologue. Or something.

Join me. Bring your own words.

Word Wrangling is an independent production. We are always on the lookout for new ways with words. If you have any thoughts please get in touch.

Word Wrangling in a heatwave leads to some unlikely times and places. There are cats and dogs;  brass monkeys, swans,  polecats and climate deniers. And an ever-changing nursery rhyme. Come on feel the heat.

Word Wrangling is an independent production. We are always on the lookout for new ways with words. If you have any thoughts please get in touch.

A brief delve into the possibilities of trade.  With Troilus & Cressida, Lennon & McCartney, Jonathan Swift and Samuel Pepys for company. From the sexual to the industrial, one way or another, trade is hard to avoid. Are you looking for trade, dearie?

Word Wrangling is an independent production. We are always on the lookout for new ways with words. If you have any thoughts please get in touch.

This episode of Word Wrangling knows where it needs to be but, like a refugee, can't be sure where it will land.   

"Bless you if you represent the Fu."

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In search of identity I meet Kojak, Barry McKenzie and Voldemort... Terry Pratchett is wrangling around in this episode too.

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From Beatrix Potter to post mortem, this corner of the language holds a few unpleasant surprises. Frank Spencer and the Teletubbies are in the mix, a passing reference to the decadent Algernon Swinburne and a nod of the head to Alan Seeger and the French Foreign Legion. Plus something that has never been heard on the internet before!

Join me for a wordy adventure.

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Looking back at the language of  cigarette smokers in the company of Oasis, Duke Ellington and the Kinks (among others).

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Part one was an al dente trip from A to L. This is part two: M to Z, including the sophisticated delights of  Mac'n'Cheese and Spag Bol. Along the way, we discover the origins of 'dude',  encounter a tragic princess and strangle a priest.

Buon appetito (part two)! 

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The shapes and stories of many a  favourite pasta - and many you haven't heard of.  All dished up in the best possible taste, with flavours of Marco Polo, The Godfather and Lord of the Flies.

Buon appetito!

Word Wrangling is an independent production. We are always on the lookout for new ways with words. If you have any thoughts please get in touch.

Word Wrangling politicians. Oh my. If ever there was a word freighted with thrilling expectations… But here we go. Because politician is the lexical fruit of such a rich etymological tree.

Word Wrangling is an independent production. We are always on the lookout for new ways with words. If you have any thoughts please get in touch.