What happened in the Scriptorium? Where did radium go? What’s the unsolved mystery of editor Charles Onions? Join Fiona McPherson and Craig Leyland for stories about the OED's history from Dr Peter Gilliver, fellow lexicographer and author of ‘The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary’.

Come back for another episode in two weeks (May 13th), when we’ll be discussing regional English (with specific reference to Scotland and Yorkshire) and talking to OED’s head of pronunciation, Dr Catherine Sangster.

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