Dictionary Day on October 16 celebrates the birth of Noah Webster, an American writer who was born in 1758. Webster is best-known for publishing the first dictionary in 1806, which he continued to ...

Arabic knowledge of distilling was translated ... The oldest and longest-running food history conference is the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery (1979 – present), founded and co-chaired ...

Oxford University Press (OUP) announced the launch of a trilingual Sanskrit-Hindi-English dictionary on Friday, aimed at ...

A selection of Welsh words and terms have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary as part of its latest update. Editors say the 10 Welsh words and phrases have been included as they have been ...

An author and former ministerial advisor has urged people to "elect a Chancellor who represents you" after announcing he is running for the role at the University of Oxford. Dr Kadira Pethiyagoda ...

You can now raise a glass to 10 new Welsh words in the Oxford English Dictionary - including the phrase for cheers. Iechyd da, which means good health and is said before having a drink ...

If approved, Oxford Street would join other major shopping hubs such as Times Square in New York and La Rambla in Barcelona that have gone fully traffic-free. A previous version of the plan to ban ...

Sharjah, the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, recently hosted the third ...

Brits are being given the chance to claim a free coffee from either Caffe Nero, Costa Coffee, Starbucks or Greggs next Tuesday (October 1). UK discount site VoucherCodes.co.uk is giving 600 ...

The Associated Press and German press agency dpa today announced they will launch an Arabic news wire comprising text stories ...

A scheme announced by Sadiq Khan could see a 0.7-mile stretch of Oxford Street - between Oxford Circus and Marble Arch - pedestrianised with the aim of boosting the experience of shoppers ...