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RESULTS OF OUR MARCH 2024 POETRY COMPETITION

  JUDGE’S REPORT   POETRY COMPETITION THEMED ‘RED’   There was a pleasingly high standard of entry this time with the theme of RED interpreted in fourteen ways including apples, lips, flags, ink, blood and blankets. The winner is RED by Frank McDonald.  The runner-up is THE RAPTOR by Marion Bolton.  Frank McDonald’s was an exploration of the subject of RED through memories. ...

Facebook launch

In 2022, the Queen’s English Society celebrated its 50th anniversary and half a century of promoting clear and elegant expression of the English language. As we enter our sixth decade, we are delighted to have launched our updated Facebook page on which we will issue regular bulletins relating to the society’s activities.    One of those activities...

The Society's name: The Queen's English Society

'The King’s English’ or ‘The Queen’s English’ is a colloquial term that, in common parlance, denotes ‘standard’ or ‘correct’ English; its use is metaphorical, not signifying any literal proprietorship by the monarch. Indeed, the English actually used by the monarch in speech has been commonly heard over our airwaves for...