Several writers and inventors in the last century tried to introduce new marks of punctuation into the English language – but they all failed. Keith Houston tells their story. In the 1930s and ’40s, ...

A fascinating new book has revealed how punctuation and symbols have developed over thousands of years. Claire Cock-Starkey's new non-fiction Hyphens & Hashtags explores how punctuation such as ...

For fans of Lynn Truss’s Eats, Shoots and Leaves, this bestiary of lesser-known punctuation marks is a wonder. Blogger Houston, though a self-admitted amateur in the world of typography, speaks with ...