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Saturday, June 30, 2007

English artist : J. M. W. Turner - Wikipedia,

J. M. W. Turner -

The wikipedia page on J M W Turner (if you scrool down to the bottom) allows you to see a lot of his most famous paintings.

Controversy about Shakespeare

Shakespeare in peril as Oxford rethinks English syllabus - Independent Online Edition > News

Shakespeare has a very special role in English culture, and in intellectual circles people get very emotional about him.

'Help, I've lost my trousers': 999 service marks its 70th birthday - Independent Online Edition > This Britain

'Help, I've lost my trousers': 999 service marks its 70th birthday - Independent Online Edition > This Britain


An interesting anniversary

Friday, June 29, 2007

Working-Class Songs 1790-1850

Working-Class Songs 1790-1850

Lyrics from industrial working class songs

Films from the Home Front

Films from the Home Front

In particular this section of the video archive shows films from the Second world war which help explain how ordinary people lived at that time.

British history on video on the web

Moving History A guide to UK film and television archives in the public sector


At this link you can find a large number of short video clips of British history

Friday, June 22, 2007

L1S2 -The Victorian cult of Mesmerism

BBC - Radio 4 Woman's Hour -The Victorian cult of Mesmerism

We only tend to remember the scientific advances which worked! But the Victorian era was also full of pseudo-science. This talk (I hope the link still works) talks about one of them.

L3 Book review : The Vote by Paul Foot | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics

Review: The Vote by Paul Foot Special Reports Guardian Unlimited Politics

This is a review of an essential book, especially for those of my students studying the nineteenth century (L3 students for example). Paul Foot explains all the movements involved in winning the right to vote for everyone, and examines why this right did not change the world as much as people had thought it would

Sunday, June 10, 2007

What happened to childhood? How we are failing the young - Independent Online Edition > This Britain

What happened to childhood? How we are failing the young - Independent Online Edition > This Britain

Cet article traite de la façon dont les enfants sont traités en Angleterre. Sans doute est-il un petit peu sensationnaliste, mais intéressant quand même.

Friday, June 01, 2007

Teaching Blog

This blog is an experiment aimed at my students at Créteil and Limoges University. It contains links connected with the work we do in

-British civilization
-Grammar
-Vocabulary etc.