What Harm Can One Drink Do? 07/04/22 / Keyword: harm Alcohol is portrayed as necessary for a vibrant social life, but this has diverted attention from the harms of even moderate alcohol use. Click HERE to download…
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In Defence Of Being Beautiful
In Defence Of Being Beautiful 31/03/22 / Keyword: Beautiful Do good-looking people really have easier lives than everyone else? Maybe being beautiful isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. ECP coach Darren investigates. Click HERE to download the…
Friday I’m In Love – My Lockdown Song
Friday I’m In Love – My Lockdown Song 24/03/22 / Keyword: Friday Coach John shares one of his favourite lockdown songs (literally!) and tells the story of the Cure’s biggest hit. Find out what Robert…
‘Blatant Misogyny’ In Indian English Exam
‘Blatant Misogyny’ In Indian English Exam 17/03/22 / Keyword: Exam Nationwide exam for teenagers included passage indicating female independence was undermining discipline in the home. Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful…
What On Earth Are NFTs And Blockchains?
What On Earth Are NFTs And Blockchains? 10/03/22 / Keyword: NFTs It’s easy to copy images and video clips from the internet. So how can a digital artist prove that a work of art is…
Getting Things Wrong Is Good For Science
Getting Things Wrong Is Good For Science 03/03/22 / Keyword: science Who do you trust more — someone who’s certain they’re right, or someone who’s willing to be proved wrong? ECP coach Ali asks if…
Padel Takes Off In Italy
Padel Takes Off In Italy 24/02/22 / Keyword: padel When Covid stopped contact sports, Italians took to padel, a sport popular in Spain, similar to tennis with a dash of squash. Click HERE to download the Weekly…
No To Sportswashing! Reclaim The Game!
No To Sportswashing! Reclaim The Game! 17/02/22 / Keyword: sportswashing ECP coach John Hird recounts the moral dilemma he faced when his beloved football team, Newcastle United (NUFC), were bought by a bloody, theocratic, dictatorship….
Australian Asks Neighbour To Take The Bins Out
Australian Asks Neighbour To Take The Bins Out 10/02/22 / Keyword: bins Carl Stanojevic got a text asking him to take his Queensland neighbour’s bins out. So the photographer took wheelie bin number 6 for…
Have You Ever Flopped (perhaps in flip-flops)?
Have You Ever Flopped (perhaps in flip-flops)? 03/02/22 / Keyword: flop The word flop has several different meanings. For example, Boris Johnson has famously floppy hair. ECP coach Rob Hextall explores some other examples Click HERE to…