December 2025 – ChrisL64

December 2, 2025December 2, 2025Reference & Language Tools

Current Linguistics Newsletter

Current Linguistics is a “weekly roundup of the latest language-related news, research in linguistics, interesting reads from the week, and newest books […]

Tom Stoppard, wearing a black jacket over a white dress shirt, elbow on a round table, in 1990 at the Venice Film Festival. CC-BY-SA licensed photo by Gorup de Besanez

December 2, 2025December 2, 2025Reading & Media

RIP: Tom Stoppard

RIP, Tom Stoppard (NYT Gift Link; Archive). My commonplace books are rife with bits of Stoppard’s plays I’ve collected over the years, […]

Cover of Malaika Handa's new book Easy Crosswords for Peace

December 2, 2025December 2, 2025Crosswords & Wordplay

New Book: Easy Crosswords for Peace by Malaika Handa!

Well, well, well…look who has a book out! And just in time for the holidays. You can order it from Hachette directly […]