Paul Anthony Jones

Joined: Jun 20, 2014

Paul Anthony Jones is a writer and musician from Newcastle upon Tyne. He is the author of word origins guide Haggard Hawks and Paltry Poltroons, and runs its tie-in Twitter account @HaggardHawks.

Ally Sheedy And Molly Ringwald In 'The Breakfast Club'

Jack Russell Terrier chasing their own tail

Design For The Poster And Cover For The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe

The amount wasn't enough to support the financially struggling writer, despite how successful the poem was.

Jared Harris, Taylor Dearden, Maya Rudolph

You may not have realized many of the stars you’ve seen on your TV have very famous ties: From Nicolas Cage to Lily Collins and more.

Autumn background with maple leaves. Colorful foliage

The phrase "turn over a new leaf" didn't originally refer to the kind of leaves you find on trees. Here's where it really comes from.

Nobel Prize Winner John Steinbeck at Press Conference

Readers couldn’t get enough of the novel, but critics had a lot to say about its flaws.

These words all mean pirate, but their histories tell very different stories.

A few of these items would never be allowed in schools today.

Girls at needlework, Halliwick School For Girls, Marylebone Road, London, c1903 (1903)

Victorian classrooms were built around discipline, order, and rules that left almost no room for misbehavior.

Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen in ‘Primetime’

'Primetime' chronicles the rise and fall of NBC's controversial show 'To Catch a Predator.'

Before it became everyday advice for staying alert, "keep your eye on the ball" had a much more literal origin. Here’s where the phrase really came from.