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Tuesday, 24 September 2019

The power of silence in a noisy world

This video from BBC ideas is worth watching. What do you think about what the speaker says?
Watch the video here

Read about The benefits of silence  (open it with Scrible to work on the interesting vocabulary in the article)

Thursday, 12 September 2019

Lonely? Alone?

BBC Reel  The upsides of being an introvert, video 

Why being a loner may be good BBC Future, article

Sunday, 8 September 2019

1984 at 70 is still relevant , says Orwell's son

Even after a lifetime, can a classic still have a message? Few novels have had such an effect, with ‘Big Brother’, ‘newspeak’ and ‘thoughtcrime’ now firmly embedded in the English language.




 1984, the novel written by George Orwell 70 years ago, is still relevant according to G Orwell's son

Read the article and discuss




What 'Orwellian' really means TED ed

Another short video by BBC explaining Utopias and Dystopias


Read and listen to the novel  1984 by George Orwell


Could The handmaid's tale happen again today   audio BBC work by Margaret Atwood

Read and listen to The handmaid's tale by M Atwood