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"Etymologicon" takes the reader on a circular stroll through the hidden connections of the English language, including some of the purported origins of words and how their creation affected the origins of still others.
We begin a circular stroll around the park and discuss Tommy Shelby, the character Murphy plays in Peaky Blinders, the BBC historical drama that first broadcast in 2013 and starts its third series next month.
Alternatively, head to Oxfordshire for a circular stroll starting at the Thames riverside village of Goring, then through National Trust land and rolling farmland to the forests above Thurle Down.
But this year's must-have stocking filler – the angel on the top of the tree, the satsuma in the sock, the threepenny bit in the plum pudding, the essential addition to the library in the smallest room – is Mark Forsyth's The Etymologicon (Icon, £12.99), subtitled "A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language".
A circular stroll through the fascinating and amusing connections of the English language by the author of the popular Inky Fool blog, Mark Forsyth.
One example was Mark Forsyth's The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language, which became a huge hit after being published late last year.
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Covering 52 miles, this circular trek combines strolling in the valley bottoms with some energetic work on the skylines.
An exhibition that involves strolling the circular ramp of Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic New York landmark, while having serious, philosophical discussions with perfect strangers against a backdrop of pristine white walls - purposefully devoid of "art" - sounds lackluster at best, and woefully awkward at worst.
"Let me show you this!" Hayes says mischievously, and we wander down to the Sandwalk, a circular path where Darwin would stroll and think.
Rest a while in the nearby Westgate gardens along another branch of the Stour; then stroll west along the circular route of 'Rheims Way and past the great bulk of Canterbury Castle, which has one of the largest Norman keeps in England.
The regeneration and gentrification of the Rocks area – the historic centre within a stroll of the harbour and Circular Quay – with high-end shops, galleries, restaurants and new residential developments, has not wiped out the past.
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