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• STREET ART TOUR LONDON 8 years ago Whether you consider it art work or vandalism, there is no denying that street art is hot right now. Last year, Sotheby’s held an auction of Banksy pieces, selling them for up to £500k – something made illegally, with an innate transience, created in a public space, sold for half a million....
• GERMAN SAYINGS 2 8 years ago I heard this the other day and I thought it was hilarious. I think the term exists in English, but I’ve never heard it used in everyday speech – usually it’s referred to in specific political discourse. However, here, referring to a ‘Salami-Taktik‘, or salami tactics is a regular comment,...
• WEEKEND IN ST IVES, CORNWALL 8 years ago The English seaside gets a bad rep. And it’s true, you can’t guarantee the weather, but there’s something special about Cornwall that means that doesn’t really matter. It’s raining for a week? Grab your wellies or wetsuit and get stuck in anyway. Sun shining? Then the area really comes to...
• HOW IMPORTANT IS ACCENT WHEN LEARNING A LANGUAGE? 8 years ago How important is your accent when you learn a new language? Obviously you want to be understood, but how essential is it to actually sound like a French-, German-, Italian-speaker? It’s been preying on my mind lately as I try to start using more and more German. There are languages where it seems...
• SWIMMING IN THE RHINE 8 years ago It’s been hot this summer. Like, really hot. The kind of hot that you hope for on holiday, but which just makes everyday city life unbearable. Luckily, Basel has the solution (and this time it’s not ice cream). As the mercury rises, Baselers sink. Into the cool waters of the Rhine. Sunny summer...

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