Words, Words, Words

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Sue Perkins explores the house of Samuel Johnson - author of 'A Dictionary of the English Language'. Published in 1755, this book was to set the standard for all future dictionaries. Comedian Sue also pays a visit to the British Library for a whirlwind tour of the earliest English dictionaries, with all their attendant quirks and oddities. With: * Biographer, Henry Hitchens * Oxford English Dictionary Editor, John Simpson * Antiquarian bookseller, Karen Thomson Producer: Sarah Jane Hall First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.