This is a pun on "through the looking glass" a famous book by Lewis Carroll. Source - reproduced with permission

This one was a bit of a shocker to me. According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, two siblings, a boy and girl, were put into care after being removed from their parents, they could have gone to live with an aunt in Yorkshire, but a social worker decided their southern accents would leave […]

If you "lock horns" with somebody you argue with them about something. This photo is from 2-dog-farm on Flickr (reproduced with permission).  It's two cows locking horns over something - probably who should get the juiciest grass.

Beam me up Originally uploaded by waɪ.tiː Beam has several different meanings. It can mean to smile radiantly, or to shine brightly.It can mean to transmit a radio signal or broadcast.It can also mean to transport someone instantaneously to another place as in "Beam me up Scotty". In this photo it simply describes the beams […]

Celebrity tutors who offer extracurricular help to failing students can earn up to $1.5 million a year in Hong Kong. The former British colony's tutoring industry is reportedly worth at least HK$400 million ($51 million), with official figures showing as many as half of secondary school seniors seek private tutoring after school. Some of these […]

Some accents are pleasant, some are not. Some are understandable, some are not. And yes, accents and pronunciation matter. Take Cheryl Cole (really - please take her) for instance: Days after being announced as a judge on American X Factor, the former Girls Aloud singer is said to have been replaced by Nicole Sherzinger, formerly […]