- Date
- 23 November 2016 - 16:19
Why we should care about Libya's cultural heritage
What damage has been done to Libya's cultural heritage and why should we protect it? The British Council's Tony Calderbank finds out.
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- Arts
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- 21 November 2016 - 16:40
Five fun activities to teach prepositions
How do you make learning prepositions easier for your students? TeachingEnglish blog award winner Aoife McLoughlin of ELT-Connect has some tips.
- Tags
- Teaching, English language, Teaching resources
- Date
- 17 November 2016 - 10:30
How chat apps can help students collaborate and self-correct
The winners of the latest Teaching English blog award, Elena Mutonono and Veronika Palovska, share some practical ideas for using two popular chat apps with your adult learners.
- Tags
- Teaching, English language, Teaching resources
- Date
- 07 November 2016 - 03:26
A brief introduction to the poetry of Burma
We asked Maung Day, Burmese poet and writer in residence at Edge Hill University in the UK, about poetry in Burma today, and the influences on his own writing.
- Tags
- Arts, Literature
- Date
- 10 October 2016 - 08:42
How to overcome your fear of public speaking
Why are many people afraid of public speaking, and what can be done about it? Ros and Neil Johnson, speech and drama specialists at Theatresaurus, explain.
- Tags
- Shakespeare, Arts
- Date
- 22 April 2016 - 13:32
Can higher education help fix the refugee crisis?
How can universities help students and academics fleeing violence in Syria and elsewhere? The British Council's Dr John Law answers.
- Tags
- Universities and higher education
- Date
- 23 February 2016 - 05:10
Who says UK is China's junior partner in new golden era?
Tim Clissold, specialist in asset recovery in China and author of Mr China, explains why he thinks a special relationship between the UK and China is mutually beneficial.
- Date
- 21 December 2015 - 16:56
Sir Andrew Motion on Shakespeare's legacy (podcast)
Sir Andrew Motion, former British Poet Laureate, talks to journalist Georgina Godwin about his native UK as a 'country of Shakespeare', and explains how the Bard has influenced his work.
- Tags
- Arts, Literature, Shakespeare
- Date
- 28 October 2015 - 09:43
Why are there hardly any films for British Indians?
Some UK cities have significant populations of Indian origin. So why is the UK film and TV industry not catering for them? Film London's Deborah Sathe explains.
- Tags
- Film, Arts, Equal opportunities and diversity
- Date
- 16 September 2015 - 04:47
What makes Shakespeare endlessly adaptable?
Professor Michael Dobson explains how Shakespeare manages to be simultaneously historical and contemporary, ahead of his Smart Talks on this subject in China on 21-24 September.
- Tags
- Arts, Theatre, Literature, Shakespeare