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25 janvier 2014

Andrea Jaeger

In the 1980s, Andrea Jaeger was a tennis phenomenon. She turned pro at an age when most kids don’t have their drivers permit and celebrated her sixteenth birthday with a win at the French Open. Yet despite her success on the court, she knew that tennis...

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Tags: Andrea Jaeger, ESPN, charity, feature, nun, sister, tennis, IV year

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18 janvier 2014

Songs about London

My favourite song about London is Waterloo Sunset from The Kinks. The Kinks were an English band formed in North London in the suburb of Muswell Hill. They were formed by two brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Ray was the leading vocal of the group,...

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Tags: British pop, Ray Davies, The Kinks, Waterloo Sunset, III year, Liverpool, Mersey, Merseybeat, map

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18 janvier 2014

How has England changed?

In 1994 Will Self wrote a long essay about English culture: how has the nation changed since then? And do the old cherished ideas of Englishness bear any resemblance to reality? http://gu.com/p/3yq6n/fo

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Tags: Britain, England, Englishness, Will Self, culture, essay, IV year

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17 janvier 2014

Why do some Scots want to leave the United Kingdom?

On September 18th Scots will vote on whether they want to remain part of the United Kingdom. Polls tend to place support for the "Better Together" camp (putting the case for the union) at roughly 40%. So far, the pro-independence camp has struggled to...

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Tags: IV year, Scotland, independence, referendum

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17 janvier 2014

Roger Lloyd Pack, Trigger in Only Fools and Horses, dies

Sorry I'm late, Dave. R.I.P Trigger.

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Tags: only fools and horses, roger lloyd pack, trigger, BBC

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12 janvier 2014

Happy Holidays

I would like to use this opportunity to wish you all the merriest and the jolliest of holidays and to also remind you about one of your resolutions for the following year: study English as much and as hard as possible. :P For that reason alone, I am posting...

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Tags: IV year, G.B. Shaw, Holidays, Oscar Wilde, Pygmalion, The picture of Dorian Gray, audiobook

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