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...opened the piece with, about whether Wellington or Auckland is the capital of New Zealand. Perhaps this was my reason for thinking that Auckland is the capital: My Argument Premise: Auckland is the most famous city in New Zealand. Conclusion: Auckland is the capital of New Zealand. And perhaps this was your reason for thinking that Wellington is the capital: Your Argument...

...course of the interview. The ‘spidergram’ was developed by the Survey of Regional English, based at the University of Leeds in England. Using a standard research tool like this offers you the possibility of comparing your findings with those of other people at other times and places - a key feature in any large-scale research. It also helps you to keep focussed as you...

...course, had a say in voting for the government) than it did to its Indian ones – who had no such hold over their rulers. Right now, it appears increasingly fashionable to sing the praises of the British Empire. Gordon Brown has even gone so far as to argue that the British should "stop apologising" for it. At the same time, he played an enthusiastic part in celebrating...

...open, saying several times over something like "a real murderer". This frightened me dreadfully, on account of the Chartist troubles & I could not get over it for some time. But the man quickly dropped back afterwards. The unpleasant episode quite filled my mind for a time. The Chartist's object being to surprise one at, night, as Sir George Grey told me, of course...

...course deliver a speech of such extraordinary length as the one with which he opened Monday evening's discussion without displaying many of those capacities as a rhetorician which have long since gained him a name among the master of eloquence, and in the brilliant manifestation of which he knows so well how to dazzle the judgments of the Senate. Yet we are bold to say...