One tongue, very tied: Deirdre McCloskey on glottomania

Deirdre McCloskey, Professor of Economics, History, English and Communication, traces her experiences of trying to learn a second language - everything from French, Greek and Latin to German, Scots Gaelic and Sanskrit - with no success. But she's still not resigned to monolingualism.

The article continues in the 17-23 July issue of Times Higher Education