When is it legal to sell your wife?
Constance, from the Lycée Ampère, Lyon, invites you to 18th century Britain to discover the phenomenon of "wife selling" or "wife auctions" as documented in Thomas Hardy's "The Mayor of Casterbridge".
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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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British tales, myths and legends
Rome Servet and Myriam Bahaffou from the Lycée Ampère, Lyon, France, offer you a potted history of the tales, myths and legends that have been handed down from generation to generation among the peoples of Great Britain.
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Much Ado About Nothing
Two students from Lyon introduce Shakespeare's play and Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation.
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Bob Dylan
Disover the famous film clip that accompanies Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and learn about the social and political context of the song.
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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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Philosophy in schools
British schools do not teach philosophy. Maybe that is about to change.
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VIDEO: Johnny Depp/Hunter S. Thompson Film
The Rum Diary is the second novel by Hunter S. Thompson. Written in the late 50s, but refused at the time by many publishers, it was not published until 1998. Today, it is a major film starring Johnny Depp.
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