And that rhymed. Of course, poetry does not have to rhyme but you probably remember your childhood attempts, at school or otherwise, at writing a ryming poem. Having recently been made aware of the fact that today is National Poetry Day in Britain, I decided to revisit one of my favourite poems by one of … Continue reading
If you roll your eyes at the mention of “diversity” then you may well be. Renowned Channel 4 journalist, Jon Snow (no, not the GoT character), does not merely lament the lack of diversity in British newsrooms but believes that this lack of diversity was one of the contributing factors in the Grenfell Tower inferno … Continue reading
I’m recycling this post as, well, in a world of constant change, some things stay the same. The CRIL (Centre de Ressources Internationales et Linguistiques), aka “The Lab”, in room S09 (in the basement, so “business as usual” in case of an air strike) is open and ready to receive you for tutorials. While the … Continue reading
Most of us know the warm glow of receiving kind wishes and funny GIFs on our Facebook wall when the friendly, blue giant has kindly reminded our friends of our birthday; most of us have read articles warning us of the dangers of addiction to social media networks and have nodded, but done little more … Continue reading
To quote what is probably your English teachers’ favourite website (it certainly is mine…for class use, at least): “There’s no single formula for a great talk, but there is a secret ingredient that all the best ones have in common. TED Curator Chris Anderson shares this secret — along with four ways to make it … Continue reading
Until that tree comes down it’s still Christmastide… You would think by now that everything had already been tested. Thankfully, the secret of the perfect Christmas ad, with just enough emotion to bring a tear to your eye without descending into embarrassing schmaltz, is elusive. I say thankfully, otherwise we would be all weeping every … Continue reading
While scrolling down my Twitter feed (it’s not dead yet) I saw the familiar face of friend and colleague, Mary, (aka @LittleMissMBA) drawing attention to the welcome increase in the number of women in tech companies. Mary was retweeting Yana Welinder and the tweet reminded me of an interesting study by University of Texas sociologist Catherine … Continue reading
The CRIL (Centre de Ressources Internationales et Linguistiques), aka “The Lab”, in room S09 (in the basement, so “business as usual” in case of an air strike) is open and ready to receive you for tutorials. While the information about the tutors on our TUTORATS page is being updated I’d advise you to look at … Continue reading
by John Reynolds, 17 October 2011 Starbucks is teaming up with Apple to launch a digital initiative called ‘Pick of the Week’, which will offer Starbucks customers a free selected iTunes music track or book to download. Starbucks: offers James Morrison iTunes download The marketing initiative is being rolled out across all Starbuck’s UK outlets … Continue reading
Did you know that a white farmer is killed every five days in South Africa? That Nigerian Islamists Boko Haram Burnt 375 Christians alive and that the UNICEF-led programme to eradicate polio in the north of Nigeria was actually a plot to infect the population with HIV-AIDS and sterilise Muslims? You may have nearly fallen … Continue reading
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