Henry Hitchings is an award- winning writer, reviewer and critic. He has written for the Guardian, TLS, Financial Times and Wall Street Journal, and is currently the Evening Standard's theatre critic. He is the author of several acclaimed books on language, literature and culture, including Dr Johnson's Dictionary and The Language Wars. In 2008, his book The Secret Life of Words won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Somerset Maugham Award, and in 2009 he was shortlisted for the title of Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year.
7 Ebooks by Henry Hitchings
Henry Hitchings: Browse
A celebration of the greatest kind of shop in the world, by an award-winning cast of writers including Ali Smith, Andrey Kurkov, Elif Shafak and Daniel Kehlmann A cabinet of curiosities, a time …
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Henry Hitchings: Secret Life of Words
Communication is essential to our lives, but how often do we stop to think about where the words we use have come from? Have you ever thought about which words in English have been borrowed from …
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Henry Hitchings: Language Wars
The English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare, arguments over correct usage have been acrimonious, and those involved have always really been contesting values – to do with …
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Henry Hitchings: Sorry! The English and Their Manners
Most of us know a bit about what passes for good manners – holding doors open, sending thank-you notes, no elbows on the table. We certainly know bad manners when we see them. But where has this …
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Henry Hitchings: Dr Johnson’s Dictionary
By 1700, France and Italy already had dictionaries of their own, and it became a matter of national pride that England should rival them. Dr Johnson rose to the challenge, turning over the garret of …
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Henry Hitchings: Who’s Afraid of Jane Austen? How to Really Talk About Books You Haven’t Read
Ever wondered how some people seem to have an opinion on every book ever published? Nowadays, there are so many books: how can anyone be well read anymore? Well, help is at hand. Let Henry Hitchings …
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Henry Hitchings: Die Welt in Seiten
Daniel Kehlmann sinniert über die Zukunft des Buchhandels und den dringlichen Wunsch, nicht angesprochen zu werden. Saša Stanišic’ geht der Frage nach, wie man in einer neuen Stadt einen »Dealer« …
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