London

Who says people aren't reading these days? Interest in books is as great as ever — and London department store Selfridges is hoping to prove it with a seven-week event devoted to the printed word.

This month on Spotlight Audio: A ghost tour in London. Using job titles in English. An Australian firefighter. Should teachers and students be "friends" on Facebook? And much more.

As 2010 ends, we look back at unusual words: "Ilanaaq" is the Inuktitut word for friend, and Ilanaaq the Inunnguaq was the mascot of the Vancouver Winter Olympics. We also learned that "Eyja" is island, "Fjalla" is mountain and "Jökull" is glacier.

As our writer gets ready to go on a trip, he's been thinking about the meaning of travel. Helping him is the British philosopher Alain de Botton, author of The Art of Travel, a beautiful book about how to be happier during our journeys.