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English New Year

Che cosa succede a Londra quando il 31 dicembre i  rintocchi del Big Ben annunciano la mezzanotte? E nel resto del Regno Unito? Alla scoperta...

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Nadine Gordimer

Nadine Gordimer was born in South Africa in 1923. Her parents were Jewish, of British and Latvian origin, but Gordimer herself was not religious....

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London Bobbies

Everybody knows the London Bobby, here he is! The helmet is very distinctive and was first used in 1863. Today, policemen in most of the country...

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You and the EU

What do young people think of the European Union today? Are they interested in it and do they think it will be something good for them in the...

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Holidays and hope

Summer holidays are round the corner. In England, most students don’t finish school until the end of July and have six weeks holiday, but in...

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An interview with Charles Dickens

Today we are going to talk to one of England’s greatest writers, Charles Dickens. He is a very busy man because in addition to writing novels...

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Making the past live again

Cardigan Castle in Wales is a great example of what can be done with a ruined castle. It was built 900 years ago and was important in the struggle...

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Teens

Scientific studies have shown that when you are old, you will be able to remember many more things that happened between the ages of 10 and 20, and...

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Brilliant movie! It was ten times better than the first one! Totally exhilarating and half the time you were crying and the other you were on the...

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British Christmas

«Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat./Please to put a penny in the old man’s hat.» This is an old English rhyme...

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English autumn

“Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness…” This is how John Keats’s famous poem, the ode To Autumn begins, and it tells us...

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Guy Fawkes Night

The Scottish writer, Sir Walter Scott, said “November’s sky is chill and drear”, which is rather sad. However, remember,...

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