No If And Or But

Who is I, and why does everybody have a different answer?Why does be turn into was, were and is?What can a and the tell us about what it means to be human?Most of us learn the most important words in the English language before we even start school - yet if asked to define what made and, if or but so special, we'd likely draw a blank. But as linguistic expert Danny Bate shows, the humble yet ubiquitous words that keep our language running can reveal astonishing things about who we are and how we think. Join Danny on a dazzling tour through history, psychology, archaeology and philosophy that will make you see the English language from a whole new perspective.