Helena Drysdale
Articles by helena drysdale
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Books
A common language
- 03 January 2008
- 15 comments
Ad Infinitum: a Biography of Latin
Nicholas Ostler HarperPress, 400pp, £25
Travel
Antipodean heart of darkness
- 10 July 2006
Beneath the shiny modern façade, New Zealand's past lies surprisingly close to the surface
Books
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
Books
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
Books
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
Life & Society
On the hoof
- 19 July 2004
The Places In Between
Rory Stewart Picador, 324pp, £17.99
ISBN 0330486330
Books
A lone voice
- 23 February 2004
The Dust Diaries
Owen Sheers Faber & Faber, 310pp, £16.99
ISBN 0571210163
Books
The last word
- 09 February 2004
Spoken Here: travels among threatened languages
Mark Abley Heinemann, 322pp, £14.99
ISBN 061823649X
Books
Being there
- 24 March 2003
- 1 comment
Telegram from Guernica: the extraordinary life of George Steer, war correspondent
Nicholas Rankin Faber and Faber, 283pp, £14.99
ISBN 0571205631
Books
Ultimate puzzle
- 15 July 2002
Lost Languages
Andrew Robinson McGraw-Hill, 352pp, £25.99
ISBN 0071357432
