This week Susie Dent and gyles brandreth explore the swinging 60s! Not only do we explore and discuss words that stem from this truly special decade, but we also hear about how and why Gyles managed to meet The Beatles 🎼 Listen and subscribe via the link in our bio!

Happy Valentines Day Purple People! You are all the prawn to our cabbage 💜 Listen to our extra special terms of endearment episode OUT NOW - available on all streaming platforms... Aaaaand don't forget to subscribe! Susie Dent Gyles Brandreth

Happy Friday darlings! Tune into this weeks Something Rhymes With Purple, to get your love-fix 💜 Listen and subscribe via the link in our bio! Gyles Brandreth Susie Dent

We love hearing from our Purple People 💜 Send in your questions for Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth to our email address [email protected] - and we'll answer as many as we can in our episodes!

Here at Purple HQ, we stumbled across this marvellous picture of our very own Gyles Brandreth rocking a full facial set. Tune into our brand new episode tomorrow, all about HAIR HAIR HAIR! linktr.ee/somethingrhymes 💜

Who knew the etymology for the word ‘beard’ was so interesting?! Brand NEW episode of Something Rhymes With Purple is out now 💜 linktr.ee/somethingrhymes

This week's episode is LOVELY JUBBLY! Join Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth as they unpack how TV programmes have influenced our daily vocabulary over the years. Listen and subscribe: linktr.ee/somethingrhymes © CONALLMCCAUGHEY / Wikimedia Commons

Who knew the NEWER meaning for 'going commando' was popularised by the 90s sitcom 'Friends'?! Join Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth in this week's episode all about the influence of TV on the English Language. Listen and subscribe here: linktr.ee/somethingrhymes 🩲

I am on my way to BBC Radio 2 to look in on whoever is at the helm mid-morning to chat about Something Rhymes with Purple Podcast . . . if they kindly play a tune for their guests I'd like the Fozzie/Kermit version of "Simon Smith & his Amazing Dancing Bear". Please. Thank you.

Explore one of Susie Dent's favourite etymologies and get to grips with all things dictionaries in this week's brand new episode of Something Rhymes with Purple Gyles Brandreth Listen and subscribe here: linktr.ee/somethingrhymes

🚨COMPETITION TIME🚨 Please come up with definitions for the verbs: 'to Dent' and 'to Brandreth' Email your answers to [email protected] for a chance to win a copy of both Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth's books. Listen and subscribe here: linktr.ee/somethingrhymes

In this week's episode, we celebrated the one and only Gyles Brandreth's birthday! Here is his poem of the week, 'Counting Backwards' by Linda Pastan Listen and subscribe here: linktr.ee/somethingrhymes 💜🥳

I’ll have P please, Bob… Oh, wrong show! Countdown’s beautiful and unique, Susie Dent is this week’s brilliant word bending guest on the podcast. Hurrah! Hope you enjoy. ♥️🎧⚰️ #WTAWTAW

Bit sexier than 'know it all'... 😏 Brand new #SRWP with Gyles Brandreth and Susie Dent OUT NOW! linktr.ee/somethingrhymes

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Our very own Susie Dent had a dead good laugh with the sublime Kath 💙🙀🇪🇺✊🏾 this week! Listen here listen.sonymusic-podcasts.link/COCO57300 💜🖤

This was discombobulatingly fun. And just a reminder: this is a comedy podcast!

Shoe facts to knock your socks off 🧦 in this week's episode of Something Rhymes With Purple with loveable brogues 👞 Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth OUT NOW linktr.ee/somethingrhymes

I love how the word 'atone' wears its heart on its sleeve. It began as 'at one', because to atone is to bring back unity. Atonement is really 'at-one-ment'. In the same way, 'alone' began as 'all one'.