Very English murders

 

I would like to recommend you this book set England. 

The island where the murder happens reminds me of Mount St. Michel very much, as you can see here:

"... So he built his house—a sturdy house too, as it needed to be, on the little windswept gull‐haunted promontory— cut off from land at each high tide."...

"The sturdy house was added to and embellished. A concrete causeway was laid down from the mainland to the island. ‘Walks’ and ‘Nooks’ were cut and devised all round the island."

In this article you can find Agatha Christie's novel settings. It has become a habit to buy one of her books when I visit one of them, that's how my collection started.

In this article you can find Agatha Christie's novel settings. It has become a habit to buy one of her books when I visit one of them, that's how my collection started.

https://internationalcrimefiction.org/2021/01/20/agatha-christie-one-hundred-years-of-confinement/

MICROWAVE PAVLOVA

 

Shared by Petrina Moir:

As a foodie, I am always sharing recipes. 

Some of you maybe had the pleasure of me doing this live last year on one of the online courses! It was quite a feat but I did it! 

Have a look at the video, it is definitely worth a try for those unexpected visitors, three minutes and you leave your dinner guests speechless, sugary enough to satisfy any sweet tooth!  Enjoy!

The Old Operating Theatre Museum

 

Shared by Melina Rellán:

London is amazing!!, I've been there several times. Behind every corner or in the different streets you can find amazing places and people. 

I can remember some years ago when I went there with one of my colleagues and a few of our students, we visited "the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret" (https://oldoperatingtheatre.com), it's the oldest surviving operating theatre of Europe, and it's a great experience when visiting it. 

Housed in the attic of the early eighteenth-century church of the old St Thomas’ Hospital, this atmospheric museum offers a unique insight into the history of medicine and surgery. 

The original timber framed Herb Garret was once used to dry and store herbs for patients’ medicines and in 1822 an operating theatre was included.

Predating anaesthetics and antiseptics, it is the oldest surviving surgical theatre in Europe.

Unveiling Zimbabwe

 

Shared by Michael Church

Language Lessons and Spanglish: the experience of learning and living a foreign a language

 

There are many films about learning a language and Language Lessons is a good example of Zoom learning in pandemic.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE FILM

Directed by Natalie Morales and written in collaboration with her co-star Mark Duplass, this charming and award-winning comedy follows a Spanish teacher and her student whose online connection takes on far more importance than either could have anticipated.

For his 45th birthday, wealthy Californian Adam (Mark Duplass) receives a surprise gift from his choreographer partner: 100 weekly Spanish lessons with Cariño (Natalie Morales), a vivacious expat who teaches virtually from her home in Costa Rica. Adam's unconvinced at first; a self-described “creature-of-habit”, he’s unsure about where or how this new element will fit into his carefully-structured routine. But after unexpected events turn his life upside down, Cariño becomes a lifeline he didn’t know he needed, and a complicated emotional bond develops...

Upending classic meet-cute tropes, this clever and unassuming film effortlessly shifts between comedy and pathos, echoing the ups and downs of life. Bittersweet, honest and fresh, LANGUAGE LESSONS is a disarmingly moving exploration of friendship and connection.

Source: https://www.palacefilms.com.au/language-lessons

Another interesting film about both languages and the people and culture in them: Spanglish, starred by Paz Vega. I went to see it with 2nd year bachillerato students and it was a source of many debates about the many layers of the film: migration, wroking in another country, 2nd generations, languages, bilinguism...
Here's a reminder:

Meet Bury St. Edmunds in East Anglia, UK

 

Bury St. Edmunds in East Anglia, UK

Here's a couple of videos of some American visiting my home town, which is about 30 miles from Cambridge, and its famous Beer and Cider festival so that you can get an idea and learn about the Magna Carta.

Explore the bank of England, meet the mayor of London

 

If you fancy going further in depth why not explore the workings of the Bank of England, peruse the Mayor´s mansion or just have a cup of rosy lee (tea) with a born and bred Londoner. Stepehen Fry (comedian, writer and director) explores the hidden side of London.

Shared by Petrina Moir.