Click on the image to download the pdf Uniform regulation in the British Army between the years 1860 and 1916 stipulated that every soldier should have a moustache. Before you read the complete article, look…
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19/04/18 Spanish makes me blush
Click on the image to download the pdf It’s possible to make a fool of yourself in your mother tongue but its doubly easy when speaking a foreign language Before you read the complete article,…
12/04/18 Three pleasant surprises for a Spaniard living in Britain
Click on the image to download the pdf Ex-ECP student Nacho Goicoechea describes 3 things he misses after returning from 7 months living in Brighton Before you read the article, check you understand this vocabulary:…
05/04/18 Spain demand rematch in Rugby World Cup controversy
Click on the image to download the pdf The Spanish Rugby team have been left incensed by 19 “wrong” decisions made by the Romanian referee in a crucial World Cup qualifying match Before you read the…
26/04/18 The Origins of May Day
Click on the image to download the pdf The bloody history of International Workers’ Day Before you read the complete article, look at this vocabulary and find it in the text: martyrdom: to suffer persecution…
22/03/18 Nigel the gannet: Life and death of a lonely bird
Click on the image to download the pdf If there is such a thing as a tragic life for a bird, then the life of Nigel “no mates” probably fits the description. He lived and…
15/03/18 Badminton: The racket sport that is seriously fast and furious
Click on the image to download the pdf ECP coach Rob Hextall explains why he can’t resist playing the world’s fastest racket sport (despite the aches and pains) Before you read the complete article, look…
08/03/18 I don’t know if Elon Musk makes me laugh or cry
Click on the image to download the pdf I don’t know if the world makes me laugh or cry. Here’s why, says ECP coach Darren Lynch Before you read the complete article, look at this…
01/03/18 International Women’s Day March 8th
Click on the image to download the pdf ECP coach John interviews Laura from ‘Libres y Combativas’ about how young women all over the world are getting organised and fighting back against sexism and inequality…
22/02/18 Norway Olympics team orders 15,000 eggs by mistake
Click on the image to download the pdf Scrambled* in translation? Chefs for Norwegian athletes confronted with ‘half a truckload*’ of eggs after an order at South Korean games went wrong Before you read the complete…