Voices
Mohammed Gamal, a former student at Al-Azhar English Training Center, tells us how learning English has helped him study at top institutions and develop new points of view.
How can countries in Southern and Eastern Europe and Central Asia – a region the British Council calls 'Wider Europe'– prepare their young populations to be successful?
The final post in our weekly series on the ten most important languages for the UK’s future is about Mandarin Chinese.
During Black History Month 2014, Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey reminded us that the sinking of the SS Mendi needs to be brought from the realm of hidden history to that of official history.
Hannah Pearson, who’s working as an English language assistant in Mexico, shares her advice on immersing yourself in the language of the locals.
Anne Bostanci ponders a promising emerging shift in the UK’s discussions about the First World War.
Emma Wind argues that despite the forces of globalisation, the world’s most populous country remains culturally distinct.
In this article written on a train journey from Munich to Hamburg, David Nicholls shares his current cultural highlights.
Actor and artistic director Guy Masterson says the famous Welsh poet didn’t so much defy the rules of grammar as stretch them.
The British Council’s Dee Lowry and Abdullah Qureshi summarise the main findings of our report on Pakistan’s creative industries, published today.