Climate uprising

 The article by The Day to be saved and worked with Scrible

Focus on meaning, interesting vocabulary and grammar. For a collection of adverb adjective collocations click here

Learn more about this topic by reading news at rebellion.earth

Can you find similar expressions or collocations ?

History of Earth Hour

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)

Lonely? Alone?

BBC Reel  The upsides of being an introvert, video 

Why being a loner may be good BBC Future, article

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

The Great War Centenary

• Armistice day  BBC an interactive story through WWI
• WWI resources for teaching & learning English BBC

The Day (article pdf): "White poppies are attention-seeking rubbish"
Is it wrong to wear a white poppy?

Eric Newby

An extract from his book A short walk in the Hindu Kush published by The Guardian

At sea aged 19 ( bottom left) and in the Hindu Kush. photos: PA

Eric Newby dies aged  86. BBC news 22 October 2006

Pushkar religious festival, Rajasthan.
Photos of the largest camel market

Departures and Arrivals

Eric Newby

HarperCollins Publishers, Oct 1, 2010 - Voyages and travels - 208 pages

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'Whatever else we remember of our travels, we remember our departures and arrivals. Often they are the most enduring of all our memories of them.'

From one of Britain's best-loved travel writers comes a fascinating collection of incredible highlights from an eventful life.

How ugly vegetables can feed the planet

Read the article online

article pdf

article audio in American English