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Pancake Day stems from the Christian calendar and Shrove Tuesday, but is now celebrated by many people across the U.K. Shrove Tuesday is...

It is now a basic requirement for most employers that a new employee also speaks English if you want to work in many jobs today. It...

New Year’s Eve is a big celebration in the U.K. where people reminisce about the year that is ending and look forward to the year ahead....

Christmas is a Christian festival, but many people who are not religious still celebrate and enjoy this time to see family and give...

Christmas may not be until late December, but preparations start much earlier! From September onwards, shops stock festive items, such as...

Do you know your Christmas vocabulary? Don't worry! Here is our A-Z of Christmas words. A is for advent calendar; full of chocolate...

Some people love board games, others loathe them, but it is safe to say that they can bring hours of entertainment and even assist with...

Throughout the commonwealth countries, people mark the 11th of November as the anniversary of the First World War ending. In the U.K.,...

In the UK, even today, people have a lot of interest in magical beings like pixies, faeries, and brownies. The collective phrase for...

Also known as Bonfire Night, this is an annual evening where people gather to set off fireworks and bonfires throughout the country. This...

With Halloween just around the corner, we look at the top 5 types of parties to celebrate Halloween. 🎃 1. Murder mysteries Murder...

At this most spooky time of year, what do people in the U.K. like to do? Read on to find out. 1. Decorate their houses People will...

As well as being the start of the new academic year, this is also the time that last year’s cohort graduates. Let’s look at how people...

Autumn is a great time of year and there are many reasons why people love it. Here are our top five reasons that people love autumn in...

In this series of blogs on British Folklore, we've discovered a variety of beings and beasts that exist in UK myths and legends. How many...

In the last blog, we discovered some beasts and beings in part one of the Top Ten Creatures in British Mythology. In this follow-up blog,...

Are you interested in enhancing your English skills but not sure what level you are? Why not take our level assessment and then try the...

All tenses are useful in different ways but the present tenses are very useful for describing habits! In fact, both present simple and...

If you have lived in the UK or even just spent some time visiting, you will probably know that the British like to ‘pull each other’s...

What is one thing that everyone has? A past. What is one thing people love taking about? Experiences! We have all been to places, seen...

When we are learning a language, we learn about nouns and adjectives before anything else. Usually, we learn to name and describe...

There is one thing that makes the English language a little different from other languages, and that is the way people express...

British cuisine is an interesting one. There are some absolute classics - the famous roast dinner, fish and chips and full English...

The English language is a funny one. There are lots of sayings that seem to make absolutely no sense whatsoever, but native English...