I am a great fan of Halloween. Not the trick or treat, stuff your face with sweets aspect, but the tradition of telling scary stories. It's something I grew up with, after all England is notorious for having more ghosts per square mile than any other country. So to celebrate Halloween here are two spooky […]

I have recently been doing a lot of redesign work on the Learn English web site. This means that I have been looking at some pages that I haven't actually looked at for some time. Yesterday I ended up on the Shopping Vocabulary pages. Under the naturally speaking section there are some useful phrases that […]

It's strange going home after some time away. Even though Germany is not that far from England and I have been home regularly over the past six years things seem to have changed a lot. For example on my return to Nottingham the first thing to greet me was the news that a 14 year […]

I know this is going to sound really naff, but I found myself on the web today. Not in my own web sites, but mentioned by name in none other than the Bangkok Post. The article Learning English? Try the Internet was from April 2004 and it talks (a little) about my web site. Even […]

One of the great things about running websites is that people send you cool stuff. OK they send you viruses and spam too, but occasionally a real gem comes along. That's what happened today and so I thought I have to share it:- For those with no children - this is totally hysterical! For those […]

Layer one: My name: Lynne My date of birth: A long time ago My birthplace: In a galaxy far, far away Current location: Deutschland Colour of eyes: Hazel Colour of hair: Dark brown - occassionally red or black depending on my mood. Height: 5'6" Righty or lefty: Right Star Sign: Virgo Layer two:- Heritage: Celtic […]