The alphabet and its order affect us every day and, in many ways, organize our lives, but how did the alphabet end up the way it is?

Let CBBC's Naomi Wilkinson bring the alphabet to life with this memorable song and movement routine. This song might also ...

It may come as a surprise that the English language has over the centuries dropped as many as ten letters from its arsenals, bringing its strength down to 26 from 36. The video above, by Gregory ...

The University of Cambridge says the modern English alphabet was first used more than 3,000 years ago in Ugarit, which is now Syria. It may have spread through travel and trade.

To become truly universal, English would have to ditch not just its present alphabet, but alphabets in general. We could do as the Chinese do, and adopt a system of ideograms whose meanings are ...