A Scary Play, a Surprisingly Sunny Boat Trip, a Football Match and the usual Welcome Drinks
The sunshine is finally back with us in London, and this weekend is supposed to be a HOT one! Here, it's like Spring forgot to arrive in March, and showed…
Speeling mestakes: Even future queens sometimes make spelling mistakes
Shock horror! Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, the future Queen of England, can’t spell! Well, she’s made one spelling mistake at least! Even future queens sometimes make spelling mistakes In 2008,…
How to use ‘yet’ – Wimbledon – is it raining yet?
Look out for the different uses of yet in the article Has it started raining yet? Well maybe not just yet, but perhaps you should put your sunglasses away and…
Shopping vocabulary: the Naked Stunt
London is famed for its shops, department stores and sales, and last Wednesday saw a very long queue outside the Desigual store. The reason was that the Barcelona-based casual clothing…
The end of the road for Facebook?
FACEBOOK FOR HOURS ON END Here’s a depressing thought: apparently, the average Facebook user spends 23 hours per month using the social networking site. With 500,000,000 users worlwide, that means…
Phrasal verbs – The Fast and the Furore: Bahrain rift
Another week, another sport blog. I’ve mainly blogged about sport due to my love of it, and although I’ve brought up Formula 1 a few times, I’ve never written one…
Wacky Science, Punks in the Rain, Green Ogres and the usual welcome drinks
It's Friday again, and... it's raining! - Actually, wait, is it raining? Is it sunny? What is happening to the weather this week, it's SO changeable!! Everyone is confused, students…
Germans getting it wrong – Get out of here!
When do you use ‘get’ in English? There are probably hundreds of uses. Look out for lots of ‘get’ action in this blog and don’t forget to read the explanations…
Did Pippa Middleton want this?
Pippa Middleton’s sister, Kate knew what was going to pappen to her when she got married to Prince William. She knew that she would be photographed by the paparazzi every…
Blatter, Bribes and the Bizarre FIFA Election
Sport always seem to dominate the news, and this week has been no different; the Monaco GP, the Champions League final (which my esteemed colleague Bren blogged about recently), the…