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Danny Bate

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Danny Bate is a linguist, writer, researcher and broadcaster, who holds three degrees in the field of linguistics, from BA to PhD. His specialism is language history, and this is the fuel of his public content that informs readers, listeners and viewers about humanity's incredible linguistic talents. His debut book, 'Why Q Needs U', was released in the UK in October 2025, and was hailed by Sir Stephen Fry as a "wonderful achievement". ...more

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Danny Bate and 1 other person liked Matt's Books's review of Why Q Needs U:
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"I should probably declare a conflict of interest: Danny and I shared seven years in the same school tutor group. That said, Why Q Needs U, his impassioned homage to the English alphabet, is a marvellous read by any measure.

The book's greatest strengt" Read more of this review »
Danny Bate and 5 other people liked Dan Trefethen's review of Why Q Needs U:
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"Danny Bates knows his alphabetical history. Each chapter discusses a separate letter of our alphabet, running from A to Z. He purports to present a stripped-down version of history, but it seems actually quite exhaustive (and exhausting - I don't rec" Read more of this review »
Danny Bate and 4 other people liked Marks54's review of Why Q Needs U:
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"I loved this book and could not put it down. I am thankful that the demands of the week allowed me to push through to the end.

This book is a history of the English Alphabet. Why the 26 letters? Why their particular order? Why do the letters look as t" Read more of this review »
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"so hard to pick a favourite letter after all of this"
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