A simple tool for in-depth critical analysis.
Dell Hymes' S-P-E-A-K-I-N-G model offers students seven simple tools for the analysis of any discourse, document or cultural phenomenon. Where does it come from? What is it for? What are the codes and norms involved?
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What makes an image “iconic”?
Dr. Martin Kemp sets out to explain what makes an image 'iconic'.
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[VIDEO] England? UK? Great Britain? Commonwealth? What’s what?
The United Kingdom, England, Great Britain? Are these three the same place? Different places? Do British people secretly laugh those who use the terms wrongly? Who knows the answers to these questions? I do and I’m going to tell you right now.
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What are they eating in Lyon?
La cuisine lyonnaise is a French regional cuisine from Lyon, France. In the sixteenth century, Catherine de...
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Gap Years
Gap years (une année sabbatique ou une parenthèse utile): a waste of time or the time of your life ?
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1066 and all that
One man shares his vision of the teaching of British history in UK schools.
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Shakespeare in German
German theatres host more Shakespeare plays every year than British theatres. Why this affinity for Shakespeare in Germany?
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Finds in translation
Only three per cent of books published in the UK every year are originally written in another language. It's time the British publishing industry stopped ignoring the rest of the world.
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French pop : English language
In the last three years there has been a rise in the number of French artists choosing to sing in English, despite quotas requiring at least 40% of music played on radio stations to be in French. It means English-language artists automatically compete with international acts for airplay.
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Books are dead
If you needed any more proof that the age of books is over, take a look at these alarming style changes at Ikea: the furniture manufacturer’s iconic BILLY bookcase is becoming deeper. Why? Because Ikea is noticing that customers no longer buy them for books.
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Collaborations between artists and scientists
Science and art are often considered opposites – so what happens when top practitioners in each field collaborate? The results, finds Stuart Jeffries, can be seismic.
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