New Statesman - <![CDATA[Helena Drysdale]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/helena_drysdale en <![CDATA[A common language]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/01/latin-language-ostler-european http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/01/latin-language-ostler-european Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT Helena Drysdale Ad Infinitum: a Biography of Latin Nicholas Ostler HarperPress, 400pp, £25

]]> <![CDATA[ Antipodean heart of darkness]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200607100043 http://www.newstatesman.com/200607100043 Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT Helena Drysdale Beneath the shiny modern façade, New Zealand's past lies surprisingly close to the surface

]]> <![CDATA[About a boy]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200606050048 http://www.newstatesman.com/200606050048 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:00:00 GMT Helena Drysdale Ollie: the true story of a brief and courageous life Stephen Venables Hutchinson, 390pp, £14.99 ISBN 0091800250 Daniel Isn't Talking Marti Leimbach Fourth Estate, 288pp, £10.99 ISBN 0007217005

]]> <![CDATA[Word perfect]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200511070040 http://www.newstatesman.com/200511070040 Mon, 07 Nov 2005 12:00:00 GMT Helena Drysdale The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from Around the World Adam Jacot de Boinod Penguin, 209pp, £10 ISBN 0140515615

]]> <![CDATA[Watch your tongue. Will English still be the lingua franca of business and the internet in 50 years? Helena Drysdale explains why even successful languages can quickly wither away]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200502280040 http://www.newstatesman.com/200502280040 Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:00:00 GMT Helena Drysdale Empires of the Word: a language history of the world Nicholas Ostler HarperCollins, 615pp, £30 ISBN 0007118708

]]> <![CDATA[On the hoof]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200407190048 http://www.newstatesman.com/200407190048 Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:00:00 GMT Helena Drysdale The Places In Between Rory Stewart Picador, 324pp, £17.99 ISBN 0330486330

]]> <![CDATA[A lone voice]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200402230042 http://www.newstatesman.com/200402230042 Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:00:00 GMT Helena Drysdale The Dust Diaries Owen Sheers Faber & Faber, 310pp, £16.99 ISBN 0571210163

]]> <![CDATA[The last word]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200402090044 http://www.newstatesman.com/200402090044 Mon, 09 Feb 2004 12:00:00 GMT Helena Drysdale Spoken Here: travels among threatened languages Mark Abley Heinemann, 322pp, £14.99 ISBN 061823649X

]]> <![CDATA[Being there]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200303240039 http://www.newstatesman.com/200303240039 Mon, 24 Mar 2003 12:00:00 GMT Helena Drysdale Telegram from Guernica: the extraordinary life of George Steer, war correspondent Nicholas Rankin Faber and Faber, 283pp, £14.99 ISBN 0571205631

]]> <![CDATA[Ultimate puzzle]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200207150045 http://www.newstatesman.com/200207150045 Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:00:00 GMT Helena Drysdale Lost Languages Andrew Robinson McGraw-Hill, 352pp, £25.99 ISBN 0071357432

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