A few days ago I watched A fish called Wanda. It had been such a long time. It’s one of those movies you can never get tired of. Both the characters and the storyline are so atypical you can’t help having a good laugh. British humour is at its best, and...

Yesterday I had a party at the high school where I used to work. It was great and we danced a bit.Something I heard put a smile on my face. I'm sure you've already sang a song in English, without really knowing what the words were. I'm not talking about...

They say ‘what’s up?’ Never say ‘what’s down?’ I guess they don’t want to know. They say ‘all right’, no wonder we’ve had Thatcher, Reagan and Bush. They say ‘fair enough’, as if it could be too fair. They say ‘excuse my French’. Are we their slime? They...

I've just written an email in English and realized I have too few opportunities to write it, as much as I like to.(I do have opportunities, if only I wrote more often to Kirsten, Phillipa, Jon and other friends...) I've often been told I've got a good...