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24th September 2020: Rescue pet shelters emptied by surge in demand during pandemic

All across Australia, there is a huge demand for pets as people spend more time indoors.

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17th September 2020: Meet the man spending billions on old hits

As we increase our use of streaming music services, could music become even more valuable than gold?

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10th September 2020: What a 200-year-old experiment teaches parents about home schooling

Could parents learn something about teaching kids at home from an 18th-century French schoolmaster?

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3rd September 2020: Covid-19 reawakens Europe’s sleeper trains

Sleeper trains may be on their way back with so many people avoiding airports.

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20th August 2020: Robot dolphins: the cruelty-free £20m ‘animal’

Robot dolphins might be an alternative to live animals for aquariums in China.

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13th August 2020: I found a fortune in a charity shop

Andy Hewson picked up a copy of The Hobbit for 50p, but later found out it was worth much more than that. 

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6th August 2020: Ocean swimming: my greatest discovery of the coronavirus pandemic

Alison Rourke reflects on how her new love of ocean swimming has helped her in these difficult times.

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23rd July 2020: Charities for deaf people call for more see-through face masks

Facemasks prevent the spread of infection. However, they also cause problems for deaf people who need visual clues to communicate.

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16th July 2020: The troubling truth about selfies with sloths

The sloth is becoming one of the most popular animals in the world to be photographed with. But what is the price of fame?

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9th July 2020: Millions of Americans lack access to quality parks

A new report reveals that millions of Americans lack access to quality parks especially people from low-income households.

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Language for … helping others to understand you

This lesson provides students with key expressions and techniques for explaining ideas and helping others to understand you.

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2nd July 2020: How Mongolia’s nomads are adapting to big city life

Travelling herders are moving to the Mongolian capital, but they’re having trouble with urban ways.

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25th June 2020: "A joyful thing": The man who wrote his wife a poem every day for 25 years

Actor Peter Gordon wrote poems for his wife Alison for over two decades even continuing after her death. 

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18th June 2020: Fiji returns to barter system as Covid-19 hits economy

Bartering is back! As people in the Pacific nations lose jobs, they create a trading system on Facebook.

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11th June 2020: Irish pubs use vans and drones to lift spirits

Ireland’s 7,000 pubs, 50,000 staff and millions of customers are in crisis. Time for some blue-sky thinking …

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4th June 2020: How seniors are learning to lead more digital lives

A generation who grew up with black-and-white TV are now video calling like teenagers – and for many, the transition has been relatively painless.

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Lesson Share: Online restaurant review

Sarah Hall wins this month’s Lesson Share with a lesson to help develop appropriate and authentic language used in online restaurant reviews.

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Language for ... home repairs

This lesson provides students with key expressions for typical conversations related to home repairs.

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Celebrations: Inti Raymi—The festival of the sun

In this lesson, available at two levels, students read texts about the historical festival of Inti Raymi in modern day South America.

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28th May 2020: The working-from-home revolution

UK companies are grappling with a cultural shift on the back of the coronavirus lockdown.