To my ear, and perhaps yours as well, the word “demur” conjures up an image of a shy and modest ingenue sipping sweetened tea. That is apt, I suppose, for the similar-looking/sounding word, “demure” ...

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'There is such a trend to copy what's hot instead of progressing forward. If you have the right connections, you can blow up and play mainstage and actually do nothing. I couldn't stand by and not… By ...

House music lyrics, with the odd notable exception, tend to be light, functional affairs, full of incitements to dance and enjoy the good times. “Game of Tragic,” the final track on Cleveland house ...

8 April 1949: We noticed three nests in a row built in the tops of the tall pylons which carry the grid YORKSHIRE (NR): A welcome change from a pestilent east wind has brought warm rain, and the toads ...