We explore the origins, history and lyrics of one of the most popular children’s songs in the English-speaking world. Humpy Dumpty sat on the wall is one of the nation’s most enduringly popular ...

Turns out, our entire childhood is a lie. Humpty Dumpty is perhaps one of the most popular nursery rhymes that still has the power to throw Brits across the nation into a big-warm cuddle of fond ...

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. But just because we’re aware of something, doesn’t mean we ...

Every now and again, somebody will pose a seemingly simple observation that ends up throwing something we all took for granted into endless doubt. Take this as an example: for hundreds of years, we ...

TOKYO -- In Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll’s sequel to Alice in Wonderland, Alice meets Humpty Dumpty. “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what ...

“When I use a word it means whatever I want it to mean,” snorted Humpty Dumpty smugly to Alice. Puzzled, she entered into a conversation with him about the meaning of words under such circumstances.

If you've always considered lovely Humpty Dumpty to be a harmless egg, you might want to look away now. Equally, if you've got a much-loved book of illustrated nursery rhymes from your childhood, this ...