OXFORD DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH
Despite its name the idea to create the dictionary wasn’t born at Oxford but in London and, more precisely, within the Philological Society of London. The members of the society…
Learning English through… OXBRIDGE
The term Oxbridge to indicate Oxford and Cambridge together derives from two people that never actually graduated from either of them. The first use was reported in a novel called…
LA NASCITA DEL FIGLIO DI WILLIAM E KATE
Parliamo questo mese dell’evento più atteso dell’estate: la nascita del figlio di William e Kate. What will happen in the middle of July when UK will have the new heir…
MUSIC FESTIVALS
Parliamo questo mese di uno dei festival musicali più importanti del mondo: Il festival di Glastonbury che si svolgerà quest’anno dal 26 al 30 giugno a Pilton, in Inghilterra. In…
ADELE COMPIE 25 ANNI
Adele’s full name is Adele Laurie Blue Ad-kins and she was born in Tottenham a district in North London from a mother that was just 18 years old. Her father…
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY
Have you ever asked yourselves why we celebrate April Fools’ Day exactly on April 1? The answer is not straight-forward. There are many versions of the origins of this tradition.…
HISTORICAL DISNEY CHARACTERS
Parliamo questo mese del personaggio più amato della Disney: Paperino, che proprio a marzo celebra il suo compleanno Donald Duck appeared for the first time in an animated movie called…
grand central station in New York
Thousands of New Yorkers and tourists will be singing Happy Birthday for the biggest (by number of plarforms) train station in the world: Grand Station (whose official name is Grand…