English Without End

Down below are some podcasts you might like to listen to while you enjoy your jog in the park or your leisurely stroll down Calle Mayor on your way to your favourite place to savour a nice cup of café con leche. Take your pick: one or two are rather exam focused, but the others pivot around English in a more or less light-hearted way. Hope you enjoy them! (tip from C1 evening teacher, Martín) The English We Speak Better At English Luke's English Podcast Splendid Speaking Podomatic VOA Learning English Podcast More Podcasts

On Friday, you asked me why all English teachers love Jane Austen. Why, indeed? " … the peculiar brilliance of Austen lies partly in what she focuses on, and what she ignores." (Times Insider). It’s no wonder. She’s among the most revered authors writing in English. Her novels take a critical and often humorous look at life in the late 1700s. The tales of life, and love, are filled with irony, and a sense of realism about the era and the characters she wrote about. Besides, her work remains relevant. As the Jane Austen Society claims, "[Austen] is very pertinent even today". https://www.digitalausten.org/node/50 Jane Austen in modern-day India. What do you make of it? Surprisingly delicious! This is Gurinder Chadha's all-singing, all-dancing new Bollywood-Austen spin. She is an English film director of Kenyan Asian origin. She is best known for the films Bend it like Beckham (2002) in which we can see a very young Keira Knighley a...

Here you have a list of novels in English from different English-speaking countries  (mostly UK and US, though). Take your pick and see you tomorrow! Weird and offbeat: The Libreria Acqua Alta Bookstore in Venice

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The Unamuno Author Series Festival at Desperate Literature To whet your appetite, one of my favourite poems: A Short Analysis of William Blake’s ‘The Tyger’ William Blake Documentary William Blake's radicalism   (The British Library) And one of his most famous poems: London by William Blake

Mum's the word (idiom) Mother's Day Spain: First Sunday of May, i.e. TODAY. Happy Mother's Day!!! Mother's Day UK : Fourth Sunday in Lent Mother's Day US : Second Sunday of May (Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa as well) Why does Mothering Sunday’s date change every year and differ in other countries? Mother's Day: Dates around the word 15 Fun Things to Do With Mom That Aren’t Mother’s Day Brunch "If everyone jumped off a cliff, would you do it too?" and other favourite mum's sayings we've all heard and... used! Recommended TV series about motherhood:  Better Things (HBO) An actress raises her three daughters while juggling the pressures of working in Hollywood and being a single parent. On my to-watch list but I've been told it's absolutely brilliant. Better Things Season 3 Trailer Gilmore Girls (Netflix) A dramedy centering around the relationship between a thirtysomething s...

What happens next for Brexit: five scenarios   ( The Guardian ) Cultural references: The Cranberries The Troubles:  The Northern IrelandConflict 1968-1998 Gogglebox (tv show) features a number of families and groups of friends from different places around the UK who react to British television programmes from their own homes. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gogglebox