The Overwhelm

A Point of View by BBC

Jan 31, 202510:29Society & Culture

The 'overwhelm' - noun, not verb - has been around 'since at least 1596', AL Kennedy discovers. She looks at the reasons why the word is making a comeback - and she has some advice for those who also feel lost in 'the ov...

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