This time last year the world was paralysed as flights from and to Europe were cancelled because of the ash coming from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano. Now, another volcano, the Grimsvotn, has begun erupting as well and ...

Okay? OK? How often do you use the word OK? The word OK has become widely popular throughout the world and in many languages as a signal of well-being. The BBC News Magazine has recently ...

Do you like following celebrities? Do you like fashion? Whether you like to or not, celebrities influence the fashions that become popular. Fashion designers use celebrities to advertise and sell their clothing and products. A ...

Did you that slogans of protest and political or social commentary were the start of graffiti and street art? However, it was in the late 1960’s in New York, that graffiti really took off, with artists ...

The App Chosen by Google and Backed by Thousands of Satisfied Students When a company like Google recognizes an app as one of the best of the year, you know there’s something special about it. ...

Have you imagined the following scenario? You’re in an English-speaking country and everything is going very well, until…you start to feel ill. Your stomach hurts, you start to feel like you have a fever and ...

Before tackling the structure of a formal letter, the first thing to establish is what type of letter you need to write. You can discover this easily by answering the question: Why do I need ...

If you’re a sports fan, you probably already know the names of the most common sports. However, sports vocabulary is pretty broad. Think about all the types of sports out there: group, individual, extreme, aquatic, ...

You might already know how to talk about apples, bananas, and oranges. However, there are many fruits left for you to discover, and this article is the best opportunity for you to learn them. Remember ...

What would the world be like without colours? We’d have a pretty grey landscape, in every sense of the word. In this beginner-level lesson, we’ll show you how to say the colours in English, from ...