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View: 119 | Apr 25, 2024

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British plants in bloom

Now that the weather is becoming milder, it is a good time to get out of doors and admire the diffe...
View: 200 | Apr 7, 2024

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Sense and Sensibility

The book cover in this picture is of two sisters in Jane Austen's novel, Sense and Sensibility.In t...
View: 216 | Apr 3, 2024

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Sherlock Holmes Stories

The Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle are famous the world over. And rightly so, becaus...
View: 403 | Mar 1, 2024

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Persuasion

Persuasion is the title of a famous novel by Jane Austen, one of Britain's best-loved authors.Persu...
View: 472 | Feb 14, 2024

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Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday.

Yesterday, 13 February, was Pancake Day in Britain! This comes from an old festival called Shrove T...
View: 1423 | Mar 10, 2023

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Row or row?

There are some words that are spelt the same, but have different meanings and pronunciation. You ca...
View: 1390 | Mar 2, 2023

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Picture description

I like looking at illustrations in old books. Pictures can be an important part of the book, and ad...
View: 1286 | Feb 22, 2023

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Pancakes, Easter Eggs and Chocolate Rabbits

Interesting ways to mark spring are customs. Today, 21 February, is Shrove Tuesday. In the past, pe...
View: 1830 | Feb 9, 2023

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Practical English

There are plenty of situations where we can say something that is grammatically correct, but, socia...
View: 1669 | Feb 6, 2023

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Reading books

Often people choose lessons where we read a book during the class. This can be a light book like Th...
View: 1571 | Feb 1, 2023

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Elizabeth Fry

It is too hard to choose a favourite historical person, because there are too many interesting peop...
View: 1204 | Jan 28, 2023

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More food Idioms

Have you ever heard anyone saying, "it's a dog's dinner"? This phrase means that something is a com...
View: 979 | Jan 22, 2023

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Food Idioms

Please don't spill the bottle in this photo! There are many food idioms in English, and one common ...
View: 1509 | Aug 3, 2022

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Hens as pets

It is common to talk about being a "dog person" or a "cat person", but what about hens? Can you be ...
View: 1490 | Aug 1, 2022

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Idioms

By Gerd Leibrock - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15701840...
View: 1674 | Jul 26, 2022

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My favourite summer treat

By Ripe Raspberries by Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1...
View: 1204 | Jun 22, 2022

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Lesson for June's Pride Campaign

Just a reminder that I have two new lessons for Cafetalk's Pride month campaign, an Introduction to...
View: 1506 | Jun 17, 2022

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British History

There is lots of colourful and eventful history in Britain, from the time of the Viking, all the wa...
View: 1672 | May 18, 2022

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Back to the past

By Oxford Castle and Mound, New Road, Oxford by Robin Sones, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedi...
View: 1616 | Feb 13, 2022

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Reading

One of the best ways to relax is to read a book. Some people can do this on their computers; I find...
View: 1336 | Feb 9, 2022

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Weather Sayings

English has many interesting weather sayings. One is that every cloud has its silver lining. This i...
View: 2075 | Jan 28, 2022

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Tree Sayings

English has common idioms using trees. Here is one which means that you cannot see the big picture ...
View: 1314 | Jan 21, 2022

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Animal Sayings

Animal sayings are quite common in English, even although we have less countryside than ever. Here ...
View: 1593 | Jan 10, 2022

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Robert Burns and Burns Suppers

Robert Burns, (1759-96), was born in Ayrshire, Scotland on 25 January 1759. He wrote many songs and...
View: 1892 | Nov 14, 2021

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Interesting English references: King Cnut and the Waves

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1839237 There are uses of language which make use...
View: 2669 | Nov 4, 2021

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Halloween

This picture shows the turnip lantern which I carved for this year's Halloween! As I mentioned in m...
View: 2000 | Sep 22, 2021

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Study Methods

Which study method to choose is a good question! It depends a lot on what you like doing, and on yo...
View: 2419 | Sep 1, 2021

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Gregory's Girl

Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4353981 Gregory's Girl is a Scottish film fr...
View: 3579 | Jul 27, 2021

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Sherlock Holmes: logical or intuitive?

I have taken the subject for this week, and extended it to the world famous fictional detective, Sh...
View: 3341 | Jul 26, 2021

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Books and Reading

I enjoy reading all kinds of books. Perhaps surprisingly, I do not tend to read contemporary novels...

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