The actor says he had only ‘a nanosecond’ to process the racial slur shouted during the Baftas before continuing to present with co-star Michael B Jordan ...

Each year, BBC 500 Words partner, Oxford University Press, releases their Children's Language Report - a unique study which deep dives into the stories to find out what children are writing about.

The fossilised bones of our ancestors remain silent. So, how can we possibly imagine what our earliest languages sounded like ...

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Letters: Readers on the Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson’s tic during the awards ceremony and the aftermath ...