An odd question, I know. Blame for what, you are probably thinking. Well, lights the blue touch paper (UK people will understand this) and prepares to stand back, for all this Islamic stuff. Why would I make such a suggestion? Well, today I was doing a class with a whole bunch of budding media … [Read more...]
Podcast your way to English perfection
February 22, 2006 By Leave a Comment
You may think from the title of this post that I've finally gone mad. Well, I assure you that this is not the case and that I'm no madder than usual. I digress.Most of my students here in Milan do not know what a Podcast is. Shock horror. Well, I was rather surprised to find this out … [Read more...]
The perils of preparing pasta
February 20, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Yesterday we had friends round for lunch and being in Italy, we kicked off with pasta. Nothing unusual there, you may think. Well, there was something unusual.Up to now, I have never really appreciated fresh pasta. If you cook it for the recommended time it often comes out rather leathery, if … [Read more...]
That’s interesting – not
February 20, 2006 By Leave a Comment
I've just read on the www that the Winter Olympics in Turin are proving to be one of the most popular Olympics ever in terms of web interest levels. Wow! Really?Now this is not a great surprise, not at all. Low cost broadband or other high-speed connections to the www are now proliferating, … [Read more...]
Italians
February 18, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Maybe I have already written something about the occupants of this fair country, and if so I don't apologise for writing some more, or even saying the same thing again.I have to say that about 95 percent of all the Italians I know personally are great people. Gentle, generous, friendly, … [Read more...]
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