There are stories that look forward, and there are stories that look backward. The older I get, the more often the latter type seems to find me. Last year I…

The publishers of the first complete works of Shakespeare claimed that theirs was the definite and final edition, absolutely true to the original, in contrast to the previous books that…

A glass-walled room is on the stage, with a small desk and some cardboard boxes around it. The background is a huge screen showing a harbour and the Statue of…

Can you imagine Hamlet being a woman? Or a female James Bond for that matter? It may not come to that, but the current trend of swapping originally male characters…

For the past couple of months, my daughters and I have been living in the fantasy world created by Philip Pullman. Every evening we make ourselves comfortable on our cosy…

The choice of book was pure chance. I’ve never read any novels by Stephen King and I’ve never taken any interest in the horror genre. What I was looking for,…

There’s nothing like diving into a novel and finding yourself in a new world where you’re free to choose your part. You may wander through the events as an observer…

Довольно часто мне приходят вопросы о том, как же развить разговорный навык, умение формулировать свои мысли, не задумываясь над каждым словом. Дорогие, вас не удивит мой ответ. Нужно много и…

Есть три самых важных принципа, на которых строится успешное запоминание новой информации. Новое должно быть связано с тем, что мы уже знаем. Оно должно быть значимо для нас. Если эти…

В языках, как и во всем, важен баланс, а точнее баланс между input and output.    Input – это чтение, аудирование, задания на грамматику.    Output – говорение и письмо.…