In framing her birth story in this way, Beyoncé veered away from the tokophobic assumptions that have normalized pain avoidance as a customary part of birth culture.

The company decided to shut up shop in this country and move to America, where corporate taxes are lower.

He pomaded his hair until it looked like a piece of shiny plastic.

Sooth to say, as far so workmanship alone went, there was much to be desired. Vessels that went home, looking as if they'd grow'd in the'oods — to quote British Jack's description — could not but provoke unfavourable opinion upon our navicular art as a whole.