Max Arthur Macauliffe is considered the most significant western figure in the history of Sikhism

Thousands sign petition calling on publisher to delete entries that ‘discriminate against and patronise women’

Jeanne Calment died in 1997, aged 122. New research has rejected claims she was a fraud

Fed up of her work going uncredited in children’s books, Sarah McIntyre decided to act

An Irishman’s Diary

The Oxford English Dictionary’s newest entries include more than 100 film-related terms

‘I am desperately hard up and owe about £20,’ Yeats wrote in plea to publisher to be paid

Ashoka Mody oversaw the IMF’s relationship with Ireland in 2009, when politicians were ‘in denial’

John Redmond’s Irish Parliamentary Party still casts a long shadow over the politics of modern Ireland

Couple’s English-language bookshop part of efforts to preserve Syria’s built heritage

Idea of humans as a service doesn’t sit well with most people’s sensibilities

New book also argues that the troika was not behind State’s post-crash economic policy

If Sinn Féin become largest party, First Minister’s DUP leadership is over

Four-year study of records dating back to 11th century gets to root of family names

Dramatists to appear jointly on title pages of three Henry VI plays after analysis by academics

From whiffswiddle to frobscottle, the author invented almost 400 new words, not to mention a host of characters, places and foods. A new dictionary gathers them all together

Turkey was already undergoing a slow-motion coup – by Erdogan, not the army

GAA, soccer and rugby followers certainly have lots to choose from this Christmas

A big donation this week means that Thoor Ballylee, the 16th-century tower house once owned by the poet, will reopen this summer, in time for the 150th anniversary of his birth

WB Yeats and Ezra Pound were among guests gathered for memorable meal in West Sussex

The word is encumbered with negative associations, but clichés can be useful to writers

Ancient Greek and Latin texts provide ancient ideas still relevant in modern times

New chief editor Michael Proffitt is preparing the third edition of the venerable dictionary, expected in about 23 years’ time. How is the organisation coping with the information overload of the digital age?

Jerome Murphy-O’Connor: Apr 10th, 1935- Nov 11th, 2013

Oxford University Press includes selection of commonly used new words in online dictionary