Our pick of the greatest limericks – selected by Dr Oliver Tearle The limerick is a poetic form shrouded in mystery: nobody knows why they’re named after Limerick, who invented the form, or when they were first composed.
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10 Great Quotes from George Bernard Shaw on His Birthday
Some wise and witty quotes from the great Irish playwright, George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman despise him. – Preface to Pygmalion When I was a young man I observed that nine out of every ten things I […]