Helena Drysdale

Articles by Helena Drysdale

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A common language

  • 03 January 2008
  • 15 comments

Ad Infinitum: a Biography of Latin Nicholas Ostler HarperPress, 400pp, £25

Antipodean heart of darkness

  • 10 July 2006

Beneath the shiny modern façade, New Zealand's past lies surprisingly close to the surface

About a boy

  • 05 June 2006

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

Word perfect

  • 07 November 2005

The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from Around the World Adam Jacot de Boinod Penguin, 209pp, £10 ISBN 0140515615

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

  • 28 February 2005

Empires of the Word: a language history of the world Nicholas Ostler HarperCollins, 615pp, £30 ISBN 0007118708

On the hoof

  • 19 July 2004

The Places In Between Rory Stewart Picador, 324pp, £17.99 ISBN 0330486330

A lone voice

  • 23 February 2004

The Dust Diaries Owen Sheers Faber & Faber, 310pp, £16.99 ISBN 0571210163

The last word

  • 09 February 2004

Spoken Here: travels among threatened languages Mark Abley Heinemann, 322pp, £14.99 ISBN 061823649X

Being there

  • 24 March 2003
  • 2 comments

Telegram from Guernica: the extraordinary life of George Steer, war correspondent Nicholas Rankin Faber and Faber, 283pp, £14.99 ISBN 0571205631

Ultimate puzzle

  • 15 July 2002

Lost Languages Andrew Robinson McGraw-Hill, 352pp, £25.99 ISBN 0071357432

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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