Baking idioms: the best thing since sliced bread?
Yes, believe it or not, it’s National Toast Day today. Which got us all thinking, how important can toast possibly…
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You speak more French than you think
So you think you can’t speak French? You may not realise it but if you’re an English speaker, you probably…
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Let the Cat out of the Bag…
The world has become slightly obsessed with cat videos and cat Instagram accounts (have you seen the video where cats…
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Alternative Valentine’s Days
Valentine’s Day is a moment we should all pause our busy lives to celebrate love and the important people in our…
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The Year of the Monkey
Happy Chinese New Year! 恭喜发财！ Today is the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. The period before Chinese…
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How did you get your surname?
Do you know how you got your surname? It is regarded as a tradition for women to take their husband’s…
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Stop thinking about it and get going!
In the spirit of ‘Linguists Anonymous’, I am Felicity Jones, 45, and I am mildly addicted to learning other languages….
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Happy Burns Night!
‘Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it; But we hae meat and we can…
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Are you learning an endangered language?
We’re now into the third week of our uTalk Challenge! Over 350 people are taking part and over 40 languages…
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How to keep New Year’s resolutions
We’re well settled into the new year and we’re all full of hopes and dreams for the next 12 months…
