David King

Obituary: the Tesco Custard Tart

Here, I write not of matters linguistic, but cabbages and kings.  Well, custard tarts and this King.  For a very long time, King’s English was fuelled by a weekly intake of Tesco’s custard tarts.  Other foodstuffs as well, in case you’re suddenly alarmed for my welfare and life expectancy, but this was a much-enjoyed supplement. 

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No more Heroes anymore?

“No more heroes anymore!”  Remember The Stranglers?  If you didn’t catch them first time round, you had a second chance recently when they resurrected themselves and went on tour.  I shouldn’t think they gave much thought to their pension funds back in 1977.  There have been language heroes though, and we still have some among us. 

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Good Morning Britain!

Thank you for deciding to take a look at this, the first blog post of King’s English. My name is David King, hence the business name. And if I had a cheesy tag line, it would probably be “King’s English – too good not to use!” Some people advise that you shouldn’t ‘welcome’ visitors to

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