Does Japan have the seven-days-per-week system, too? YES! This means it's not as complicated to remember the days of the week in Japanese as you may think! Learning them is particularly helpful when communicating in a foreign language; usually, days of the week are easier to pick up ...
Fri Jun 6th, 2025 is National Drive-In Movie Day, National Donut Day, National Fish and Chip Day, World Green Roof Day, Russian Language Day... and much more!
On this day, Allied forces launched a massive invasion of Normandy, France during World War II, resulting in a pivotal victory that helped turn the tide of the war.
The date 11 September has historical significance and due to this, the date was chosen as National Forest Martyrs Day. In 1730, on this day, over 360 people of the Bishnoi tribe led by Amrita Devi, objected to the felling of trees. Due to their protest of saving the trees, they were ...
Less than a week after Trump swept all seven of the swing states and I feel …not great. But beginning to feel whole. Also grateful. For friends and family. And America; which I will hold tight no matter what threatens to tear it apart. ...
–A Days of the Crazy-Wild post – Kerouac On RecordMichael GoldbergMichael Goldberg We’ve known for years that Bob Dylan borrowed melodies from older songs, and that particular songs and poems inspired him to write his own lyrics. In a nearly 12,000 word essay in the just published book...
I know, I know, that time of year is still over a month away. Halloween was only a couple of weeks ago, and anyone else in the UK has probably only just heard the last of the fireworks after burning effigies last week. Still, we wanted to give you all as much of a heads-up as...
Community events atThe British School of Beijing, Shunyi- Summer Fayre and Baby Groups Keep reading to find out more! Renewed members of the week The British School of Beijing, Shunyi BSBSY北京英国学校 北京英国学校创始...
In Praise of the Difficult: On Marianne Moore, Defiant Poet of Complexity Posted on January 18, 2025 by 1960s: Days of Rage 1935 Gabrielle Bellot (2019): “In ‘Feeling and Precision,’ a contemplative essay by the Modernist poet Marianne Moore from 1944, she argued—in a sense—against...
Teachers and schools have less than a week to complete a short languages survey that could prove “crucial” to the future of the subjects in Scottish schools. There is deep concern about the declining number of students taking languages in Scotland. The survey from British Council Scotland ...