English and Scottish People Get Drunk Most Often 11/02/21 / Keyword: drunk With an average of being drunk more than 33 times last year, the English and Scots reached more than twice the rate of…
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Monster Wind Turbines: What Are the Limits?
Monster Wind Turbines: What Are the Limits? 28/01/21 / Keyword: wind turbines How big can you make wind turbines? ECP coach Rob talks to Eugenio Sorazu of Grupo WEC about the technical and financial challenges…
The Queen’s Gambit Making Chess Popular
The Queen’s Gambit Making Chess Popular 21/01/21 / Keyword: chess In the wake of the Netflix drama series, the increase in the sale of chess sets and paraphernalia has been matched by a dramatic rise…
Woody Guthrie’s New Year’s Resolutions 1943
Woody Guthrie’s New Year’s Resolutions 1943 14/01/21 / Keyword: resolutions 2020 has been a tough year. Coach John looks at some “Rulin’s” made in 1943 at a time of great turmoil and wonders if our…
What Are We Building in Vitoria-Gasteiz?
What Are We Building in Vitoria-Gasteiz? 07/01/21 / Keyword: building ECP coach Kez investigates town planning in Vitoria. Why are there so many empty and derelict buildings and why are there new ones being built?…
Phrasal Verbs about Arguing (at Christmas)
Phrasal Verbs about Arguing (at Christmas) 17/12/20 / Keyword: phrasal verbs ECP coach Ali talks about Christmas, arguing and phrasal verbs. You might not enjoy family arguments, but at least you can get some English practice…
Let’s Use Time Travel to Improve Your English!
Let’s Use Time Travel to Improve Your English! 10/12/20 / Keyword: time travel ECP coach Rob tries to reconcile free will and determinism to make it easier for you to achieve your goal of being…
Overconfidence: The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Overconfidence: The Dunning-Kruger Effect 03/12/20 / Keyword: Overconfidence We all suffer the Dunning-Kruger effect when we don’t know enough to know what we don’t know. ECP coach Darren finds out more about the phenomenon of…
Oxford Amends ‘Sexist’ Definitions of ‘Woman’
Oxford Amends ‘Sexist’ Definitions of ‘Woman’ 12/11/20 / Keyword: woman Publisher has updated its definition of ‘woman’ as well as many other terms and labels ‘bitch’ as offensive but fails to satisfy some equality campaigners….
What Time Zone Will Spain Choose to Live in?
What Time Zone Will Spain Choose to Live in? 12/11/20 / Keyword: time zone The clocks went back in Spain last month, and many hope it will be for the last time. But what time…