I spent a week completing a cultural exchange programme facilitated by the company Angloville, where I provided conversation practice to Polish adults near Bialystok. I would have… Read more “My Polish trip – 30/11/24 – a Day of Pierogi, city tours and brave Polish heroes”
My Polish trip – 29/11/24 – A day of unsmiling ticket inspectors, touching memorials and damn tasty burgers
For those not in the know, I am a teacher of English as a foreign language. I gained my CELTA qualification back in April of this year… Read more “My Polish trip – 29/11/24 – A day of unsmiling ticket inspectors, touching memorials and damn tasty burgers”
A Series of Unfortunate Events – The Ersatz Elevator review
Dear reader, if you think this review will be of a happy tale in the lives of the Baudelaire orphans, then your thoughts will be just as… Read more “A Series of Unfortunate Events – The Ersatz Elevator review”
The Bridge on the River Kwai review
Number 131 on the top 1000 films of all time is the film that earned Alec Guiness, the Best Actor Oscar: The Bridge on the River Kwai. Set in… Read more “The Bridge on the River Kwai review”
A Series of Unfortunate Events – The Austere Academy review
Dear Reader,I am sorry that you have returned to my blog. Not because I do not value your company, but because you have been mislead into thinking… Read more “A Series of Unfortunate Events – The Austere Academy review”
The Seventh Seal review
Number 130 on the top 1000 films of all time is Ingmar Bergman’s 1957 epic historical fantasy, The Seventh Seal. Antonius Block (Max Von Sydow) is a Swedish knight… Read more “The Seventh Seal review”
The Gold Rush review
Number 129 on the top 1000 films of all time is Charlie Chaplin’s the Gold Rush. Set during the great Gold Rush of the late 19th century, Charlie Chaplin… Read more “The Gold Rush review”
Downfall Review
Number 127 on top 1000 films of all time is the German WW2 film: Downfall. Set in Nazi Germany, Downfall explores the last ten days of Adolf Hitler (Bruno… Read more “Downfall Review”
Ran review
Number 126 on the top 1000 films of all time is the historical Japanese epic: Ran. Adapted from Shakespeare’s, King Lear, Ran is set in Medieval Japan. It tells… Read more “Ran review”
Oxford for the day 04/11/2024
Read my Norwich Travelogue here The fifteenth city on my list is Oxford. Can you believe that I have never been to Oxford before? I’ve been… Read more “Oxford for the day 04/11/2024”
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