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View: 493 | Sep 24, 2024
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Autumn Festivals Around the World: Celebrating the Autumn Equinox
This Monday, 22 September, was the day when the amount of light and darkness in the day was exactly...
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Charlotte A
Music and Language: How songs can boost your learning
The British poet and playwright William Shakespeare said “There is nothing in the world so much lik...
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View: 622 | Sep 5, 2024
Charlotte A
My Top 5 Fun Activities for Autumn
September is here, and the sky is once again a clear, deep blue, losing the haze of summer. Now the...
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View: 680 | Aug 28, 2024
Charlotte A
What are My Favourite Quotes and Sayings?
Those who read my previous article, ‘Who has influenced me most in my life?’ or anyone who has take...
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View: 742 | Aug 21, 2024
Charlotte A
Who has influenced me most in my life?
This is a very interesting question. Like most people, I think I have been very influenced by my pa...
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Charlotte A
Lucky Charms: What Are They?
‘Luck’ is a very interesting concept. Different cultures have different ways of conceptualising ‘lu...
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View: 647 | Aug 9, 2024
Charlotte A
Mountains or Sea? Why Not Choose Both?
I love the sea. When I lived on the south coast of England, I enjoyed swimming in the sea so much t...
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View: 673 | Aug 2, 2024
Charlotte A
Lammas: A Summer Festival of Light
Happy Summer, everyone! Today is a special day in the traditional British calendar. It is the day d...
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View: 578 | Aug 1, 2024
Charlotte A
Holistic Communications Seminar: Thank You for Joining Me!
Hello, Cafetalk community! I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who joined my seminar, ‘...
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View: 620 | Jul 24, 2024
Charlotte A
A Picture that Describes My Summer
Last summer, I went on a huge road trip from my home in southern Spain, across the country of Spai...
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View: 592 | Jul 18, 2024
Charlotte A
Keeping Cool with Permaculture this Summer: part 2 – how to stay cool in the heat of July
In part 1 of this article series I introduced the concept of permaculture and how we can use it to ...
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View: 606 | Jul 2, 2024
Charlotte A
The Best Compliment I Ever Received
Compliments are funny things. In British culture, we generally are not sure how to receive them. Ir...
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View: 775 | Jun 21, 2024
Charlotte A
Celebrating the Summer Solstice: Part 2
Happy Midsummer, everyone! Now is the time of year when there is the most light in the day. In anci...
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View: 795 | Jun 19, 2024
Charlotte A
Popular candies from Spain: Turrón
Are you nuts about nuts? What kind of nuts do you like to eat? Spain, where I live, is the second l...
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View: 617 | Jun 17, 2024
Charlotte A
Celebrating the Summer Solstice: part 1
In the Northern hemisphere, the days are getting longer and longer, as we come towards the longest ...
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View: 800 | Jun 10, 2024
Charlotte A
Exploring the Galaxy: Reading at the Beach
I love the sea. I love the smell of salt on the air, the beautiful language of the waves, the feeli...
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View: 760 | Jun 3, 2024
Charlotte A
Keeping Cool with Permaculture this Summer
Here in southern Spain, many people describe the summer months of July and August as like ‘being in...
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View: 530 | May 29, 2024
Charlotte A
Haiku as a Communication Tool
Haiku is a form of poetry with strict rules about the number of syllables per line. It has a number...
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View: 588 | May 28, 2024
Charlotte A
Tears of Joy with my Son
Being a parent is a journey. Nearly every day there seems to be something to cause stress, some kin...
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View: 583 | May 22, 2024
Charlotte A
Language in my Morning Routine
Like many Cafetalk users, I am currently studying another language: Spanish. Unfortunately, I do no...
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View: 501 | May 20, 2024
Charlotte A
A Morning Routine: Dance Yourself Awake
Perhaps when you first wake up in the morning, the last thing you feel like doing is dancing. Your ...
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View: 506 | May 10, 2024
Charlotte A
Seasonal Recipe: Savoury Strawberries
It is springtime and in my garden there are many delicious, red, sweet, juicy fruits. Yes, it is st...
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View: 594 | May 8, 2024
Charlotte A
Understanding Peace
Do you sometimes argue with your partner, friends or family members?Do you worry about world confli...
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View: 752 | May 6, 2024
Charlotte A
Seasonal Recipe: Hawthorn Cordial
Seasonal Recipe: Hawthorn Cordial It’s May, the month which has a flower named after it in British ...
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View: 801 | May 1, 2024
Charlotte A
A Spring Festival: Beltane or May Day
As we explored in my previous column, ‘Spring Festivals: Why do we celebrate them?’ , in the tradi...
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View: 723 | Apr 29, 2024
Charlotte A
Spring Festivals: Why do we celebrate them?
In many countries, especially in the Northern Hemisphere, there is a public holiday at the beginnin...
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View: 774 | Apr 27, 2024
Charlotte A
Wizards, Rabbits and Wardrobes – a quick look at English children’s literature
When you first meet someone and they want to ‘break the ice’, do you look around to see where the i...
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View: 720 | Apr 26, 2024
Charlotte A
Where do English words come from? (part 2)
In part 1 of this article series, we looked at some examples of words which we use in the English l...
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View: 812 | Apr 25, 2024
Charlotte A
Where do English words come from? (part 1)
An interesting thing about the English language is that it is constantly evolving. English is an...
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View: 650 | Apr 24, 2024
Charlotte A
Shakespeare and Saint George
Today is April 23rd, an important day in British culture. Many people still celebrate Saint George’...
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