When the printing press first began spreading throughout Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries, it brought with it revolution in and democratisation of ideas. Scripture and scientific texts were spread rapidly and accessible to the masses for the first time. The Church’s monopoly as gatekeeper and purveyor of information ended with the advent of new technology.

US President Donald Trump recently misspelled the title of special counsel Robert Mueller on Twitter as “councel”. As I recall, he made the same mistake earlier. He has also misspelled the name of his wife, Melania, as “Melanie”.