Book Review
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English as He/She/It/They is Spoke
11 minutes’ read I was a devoted student in the early days of my English language learning adventure. So much so that, as a teen, I managed to gather a few like-minded colleagues and we embarked on a frenzy of extra-activity translations. We translated words and expressions directly, searching in musty dictionaries and demanding attention Continue reading
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Venice, Beloved
Shame on me. I had never heard of writer Jan Morris until recently, when I watched a rerun of the 2016 BBC programme titled “An Extraordinary Life: Michael Palin and Jan Morris”, celebrating her 90th birthday. Born James, Morris had been an intelligence officer when he first arrived in Venice in 1945. Later, he was Continue reading
