Telegraph style book: Bb
baby boomers: People born 1945–1964. Boomers only in features/comment articles
back benches, backbenchers, back-bench (adj)
bacteria: Plural form of bacterium
Badenoch: Kemi is Mrs Badenoch at second mention, not Ms
Bafta: never BAFTA
bale/bail: Bale is something made of hay; bail is on a set of cricket stumps or a surety. Bail out is the verbal form. Bailout acceptable when referring to finance
balls: Unless a ball has an adjective before it (May ball, hunt ball etc), the plural is 'dances'
BAME: Avoid unless in quotes or in direct reference to reports. Always spell out (black, Asian and minority ethnic)
banister
Bangalore: Do not use except in historical contexts. It is now called Bengaluru
Bank of England: The Bank at second mention
bank holiday: Lower case
Bannister, Sir Roger
barbecue: Not barbeque or BBQ
Barclays Bank
Barnardo's: Note the apostrophe
baronets: Sir John Smith, Bt, when necessary to distinguish from a knight. Baronets are not knights
battles: Specific ones are capped – Battle of Hastings, Battle of Britain
battleships: Use only in historical context. Use warships otherwise
baulk: Not balk
BBC style: BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra; but BBC 6 Music and 1Xtra, CBeebies
BC: Follows dates
Beckham, Sir David: His wife is Lady Beckham in news copy; Victoria Beckham in fashion/professional contexts
Beck's beer
begging the question: A specific logical fallacy involving founding a conclusion on a basis that itself needs to be proved. It does not mean avoiding a question or inviting a question
Belarus, Belarusian
benefited: One T
Beretta: The gun – not to be confused with biretta
Berwick-upon-Tweed
between: for when things are shared between two people 'He divided the money between his two children' see among
Beverly Hills / Beverley (East Yorks) / Beverley Knight
Bible: Cap unless figurative ('his bible'). Biblical is lower case
Biblical references: e.g. Genesis 1:1, Matthew 3:2
bi- (prefix): Use bimonthly, biweekly, biannual with caution; the meanings are often unclear
bid: Use only in context of auctions, finance, football transfers, Olympic bids, bridge
biennial: Once every two years
biannual: Twice a year
big tech, big five etc: lower case
billion: A thousand million. Abbreviate to bn for money (£10bn) but not for other things (10 billion people)
bin Laden, Osama
Birds Eye: Frozen food brand (no apostrophe)
biretta: A priest's headgear. Not to be confused with Beretta the gunmaker
Biro: A trademark
Bitcoin: Capitalised
black: Preferred term for African-Caribbean ethnicity. Capitalise only in organisation names
Blanchett, Cate
blizzard: Use only when wind speed is at least 35mph
bloc: Lower case, as in 'Eastern bloc'; from French. Also bloc vote
blond/blonde: Blond for men, blonde for women
Blumenthal, Heston
Blu-Tack
BMJ: Abbreviation of British Medical Journal. Full name no longer used
Boudicca: Not Boadicea
Bonhams: Auctioneers
Bonham Carter, Helena: And others – no hyphen
bon viveur: Incorrect French; use bon vivant. A woman is a bonne vivante
border: Between Scotland and England is lc
born of: Not born out of
Botox: Botulinum toxin
bottle bank
Bournville: No middle e
bouquet: Adding 'of flowers' is tautological
Boy's Own Paper
Brands Hatch: No apostrophe
brave: Use for courageous acts, not for illness
Brexit: Capped, as are Leave and Remain. Withdrawal agreement lower case unless referring to the Bill
brilliant: Use carefully. Describes dazzling objects or intellectual distinction, not just anything good
British/UK: Avoid unnecessary repetition. Assumed in most stories
Bros: Only in company names. No full point. Tech bros only in features
brussels sprouts
BSE: bovine spongiform encephalopathy (lc)
BTec
bubbly: Hackneyed as description of a lively woman; vulgar as drink name
Buck's fizz: The drink – apostrophe included. No apostrophe for the pop group
Budget: Capped when referring to the Chancellor's statement. Lower case for company/local authority budgets
budget airline: Avoid. Use low-cost airline
bumf: NOT bumph. (Derived from bum-fodder)
bungee jumping
bureaus: Not bureaux
Burka: Not burqa
Burns Night: No apostrophe
bussed, bussing: Try to avoid. Prefer taken by bus
bus stop
Bush, George W / George HW / George Bush Sr
Butlins: No apostrophe
buyout: Noun
buy out: Verb
buzzwords
by-election: Hyphenated
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