From New York Times
The Alternative – 13 March 2025
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In October 2017 the writer Robert McFarlane and the artist Jackie Morris produced ‘Lost Words’ – a ‘book of spells’ to conjure back into existence the words lost through under-use and our increasing separation from the natural world.
The book began as a response to the removal of everyday nature words – among them “acorn”, “bluebell”, “kingfisher” and “wren” – from a widely used children’s dictionary, because those words were not being used enough by children to merit inclusion…