Etymology of the day: ‘dog days’ take their name from the Dog Star, Sirius, long associated with sultry weather in the northern hemisphere because it rises with the sun during the hottest days of summer.

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The best teachers aren’t perfect teachers, they are human teachers - they go off on tangents, they explore stuff, they focus on the detail but make mistakes, they have fun but they are serious about the job - the students love these teachers.

Word of the day is another old favourite. A 'mumpsimus' (16th century) is someone who insists that they are right, despite clear evidence that they are not.

Word of the day is 'hibernacle' (18th century): a retreat or refuge in which to sit out the winter and wait for sunnier days.

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A(nother) quick reminder of the ‘snaccident’: the inadvertent eating of an entire packet of biscuits/crisps/etc. when you meant to have just the one. (Apparently you can have a ‘gincident’ too.)

And if you find somebody who loves you as much as Mabel loves Olive, then consider yourself lucky.

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