Fitzrovia – the home of SGI
Situated in the north east corner of Fitzrovia, and only about an 8 minute walk from SGI in Margaret Street, Fitzroy Square is a truly magnificent Georgian Square that is…
Parallel Lives – musician and VIP
As usual, I tried to pack in as much music as possible into my Berlin weekend. On Saturday, I was at my band’s studio for a songwriting/jamming session after the…
London English…from Cockneys to Jafaicans
If you thought Standard English was difficult, you might like to try your hand at the latest London English dialect, ‘Jafaican’, or to give it its more academic sounding title,…
Changes to Tier 4 Guidance – cancelling existing leave overseas
Tier 4 students who still have leave to remain within the UK in their passport can now make a new application for a UK visa from outside the UK, the…
Hidden London – Little Italy, Clerkenwell, near the City
London has famously become home to people from all over the world. Whether fleeing religious or ethnic persecution or dire economic circumstances, countless migrant communities have formed and settled in…
A Win from SGI United!! (and other social events…)
Highlight of the week? Wednesday's 5 aside football match! Gavin's Devils versus Charlie's Angels... The Devils opened the score early in the match, but the Angels came back and headed for…
Hidden London – Dennis Severs House (Family Life in the early 18th Century)
What is there to say about London that hasn’t already been said? Everybody knows the big ‘stuff’….the main attractions, its immensely long and turbulent history, its extraordinarily diverse and shifting…
Regent Street Festival 26th September 2010: There’ll be dancing in the streets!
For one day and one day only, the normally busy traffic-full Regent Street will become the site of an exciting street festival. The Regent Street Festival will transform this famous…
Parallel Lives – teacher and film maker
Double Take By day a mild mannered English teacher, by night a crime fighter and international super-hero….. …well, not quite. For the last 2 years I have been teaching English…
SGI annihilated…but still SGI United
Language School League In our short history as a football team, SGI United has never won a game. Earlier this year, an invitation had been made by Avalon FC for…