Christmas 2025
I wish you all a blessed Christmas and a joyful New Year.
End of year break
I shall be off-line from 24 December to 6 January, inclusively. Our last class/lesson will be on 23 December 2025 and we shall resume on 7 January 2025.
Learning languages keeps you young
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-language-brain-stay-younger.html#google_vignette
Exam results
Congratulations to Blas on passing Cambridge C1 Advanced. Well done!
The end of the 2024/2025 academic year
I would like to thank you all for your support over the last year and for all the hours of mutual learning. I wish you a restful summer holiday and I shall be looking forward to seeing you again in September.
Q & A
A question from JH: In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff says (Chapter 7): ‘Well, I cried last night,’ he returned, ‘and I had more reason to cry than she.’ Shouldn’t it be ‘more reason to cry than her?’ Than may be thought of as a preposition. Hence it would be followed by an object pronoun. However, I […]
Easter 2025
I shall be off the grid from Maundy Thursday (17 April) until 22 April (inclusive). I wish you a very happy Easter.
The future of English
An interview with Prof. David Crystal at the British Council.
Christmas
I wish you a blessed Christmas and a joyous New Year.
Christmas holiday timetable
Classes and lessons will stop on Monday, 23 December 2024 and resume on Tuesday, 7 January 2025.
