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An interesting detective story

This book The Body in the Library is a famous story by Agatha Christie, one of Britain's favourite ...
View: 1467 | 2024-06-22

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Tablet from Scotland

'Tablet' means many things but in Scotland, it is likely to refer to a sweet. It was written down i...
View: 1465 | 2024-06-11

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Absorbing reading – Riddle of the Sands

This exciting spy novel by Erskine Childers can be read anywhere – but it is especially suited to t...
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Summer seasonal food in Britain - wild raspberries

The raspberry is my favourite British native fruit - strictly speaking, it is green on the bushes j...
View: 1620 | 2024-04-25

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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...
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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: 908 | 2024-04-03

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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: 1127 | 2024-03-01

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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: 1121 | 2024-02-14

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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: 2083 | 2023-03-10

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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: 1855 | 2023-03-02

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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: 1766 | 2023-02-22

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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: 2351 | 2023-02-09

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Practical English

There are plenty of situations where we can say something that is grammatically correct, but, socia...
View: 2215 | 2023-02-06

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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...
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Elizabeth Fry

It is too hard to choose a favourite historical person, because there are too many interesting peop...
View: 1633 | 2023-01-28

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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: 1354 | 2023-01-22

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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: 1958 | 2022-08-03

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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: 1924 | 2022-08-01

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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: 2121 | 2022-07-26

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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: 1562 | 2022-06-22

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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: 1894 | 2022-06-17

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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: 2054 | 2022-05-18

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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: 1979 | 2022-02-13

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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: 1775 | 2022-02-09

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Weather Sayings

English has many interesting weather sayings. One is that every cloud has its silver lining. This i...
View: 2706 | 2022-01-28

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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: 1675 | 2022-01-21

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Animal Sayings

Animal sayings are quite common in English, even although we have less countryside than ever. Here ...
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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: 2472 | 2021-11-14

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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...
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Halloween

This picture shows the turnip lantern which I carved for this year's Halloween! As I mentioned in m...

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