Posts Tagged ‘B2’
Christmas In Britain Part 2: Christmas Day
Christmas in Britain is a little different from most of Europe. Unlike most people in continental Europe the British have their big Christmas celebration on Christmas Day not Christmas Eve. However, if you have young children you must do some special preparation on Christmas Eve. The preparation is for Santa Claus. Each child needs to have a [...]
Jazz – America’s Art Form
Jazz originated in America, and has been described as the only art form unique to the United States. Although most of us know jazz music when we hear it, it can be difficult to define, as there have been many different styles of jazz during the past century. In this article we will briefly look at the history of jazz, the styles and some of the [...]
A Whole New Mind: Daniel Pink
Daniel Pink The first time I heard Daniel Pink was a recording of a talk he did at TED. He argued that business was ignoring what science was saying about human behaviour, and that it was about time that 21st century businesses started listening to the scientists. It was a very compelling speech so I decided to try to find more works by the [...]
Watching The English: Book Review
Do you want to understand more about English people? The book “Watching the English” can help. In the book anthropologist Kate Fox examines the English from both a scientific and humorous perspective. Why do the English always seem to start conversations with talk about the weather? Is English weather really that interesting? [...]
