Ack, Beer, Kilogramme, Uppsala, Xanthippe and other words that saved lives and led to our current phonetic alphabet.

Before the invention of alphabets, early writing systems—like hieroglyphs and cuneiform—used symbols representing objects or phonetic sounds. Eventually, Proto-Sinaitic script, which ...

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This solvers guide is to Stephen Clarke’s Crossword #35, published in The Byron Shire Echo Issue 39.29, 23 December 2024.

Four small, clay tablets, unearthed in 2004, are finally gaining attention as possibly the first evidence of an alphabet, but ...

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The Rotary Club of Romsey Test has thanked Embley School’s Combined Cadet Force for their support at the annual Walk the Test Way event. The fundraiser raised £74,000 for 86 charities. Clive Collier, ...