Oliver Kammis a chief columnist for the LondonTimes. As a self-confessed reformed pedant he is the newspaper's unofficial expert on language and style, a subject he tackles in his long-running immensely popular weekly column "The Pedant." He writes two weekly columns: "The Pedant," on language; and a "Notebook" on economics, international affairs, and culture. He is a regular columnist for theJewish Chronicle, and his writings have also appeared in TheGuardian, TheNew York Times, theNew Republic, Foreign Policy, theNew Statesman, and many other publications. He lives in England.