A survey of the expansion of English teaching, learning and use in the Arab West, with particular regard to Tunisia

How a language once considered base and worthless now seems set to dominate the new Europe

A description of the nature and work of Style Council, an institution unique to Australia, and a review of usage research currently in progress

Following on Susan Ridder's article ‘English in Dutch’ (ET44, Oct 95) and Pieter Loonen's and Ross Smith's articles on English in the European Union (ET46, Apr 96), a detailed survey of the effect in recent years of English on German and the Germans

A discussion of the role of English in a unique Mediterranean island, in relation to Margie Berns's article ‘English in the European Union’ (ET43, Jul 95)

The case for and against English as tomorrow's ‘Single European Language’

The introduction from the writer's new book, A Dictionary of Cliches, Bloomsbury 1996, outlining a novel family of kinds of hackneyed and overused expressions

A report on the dictionary that carries an Australian passport