- Date
- 22 February 2021 - 12:12
How I create fun and effective Mandarin Chinese lessons
Mandarin teacher Frank Fan tells us how he uses learning activities and games in his classroom – as well as a sense of humour.
- Tags
- Teaching, Languages
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- 16 January 2017 - 10:12
Bernardine Evaristo: 'Books expand our imaginations'
Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo talks about reading books against the internet's distractions, as well as which new writers to look out for.
- Tags
- Literature, Arts
- Date
- 09 December 2016 - 15:30
Jo Clifford: 'I see writing as a way of resisting prejudice'
We asked playwright Jo Clifford to tell us about her creative process and how her experience of transgender issues has influenced her writing.
- Tags
- Theatre, Arts, Equal opportunities and diversity
- Date
- 07 November 2016 - 03:26
A brief introduction to the poetry of Burma
We asked Maung Day, Burmese poet and writer in residence at Edge Hill University in the UK, about poetry in Burma today, and the influences on his own writing.
- Tags
- Arts, Literature
- Date
- 21 December 2015 - 16:56
Sir Andrew Motion on Shakespeare's legacy (podcast)
Sir Andrew Motion, former British Poet Laureate, talks to journalist Georgina Godwin about his native UK as a 'country of Shakespeare', and explains how the Bard has influenced his work.
- Tags
- Arts, Literature, Shakespeare
- Date
- 16 September 2015 - 04:47
What makes Shakespeare endlessly adaptable?
Professor Michael Dobson explains how Shakespeare manages to be simultaneously historical and contemporary, ahead of his Smart Talks on this subject in China on 21-24 September.
- Tags
- Arts, Theatre, Literature, Shakespeare
- Date
- 06 August 2015 - 04:06
Every child is capable of learning maths
How important is a child's mindset when learning maths? Emily Cairns, a UK student working at JUMP Math in Toronto as part of an international work-study exchange programme, explains.
- Tags
- Teaching, Science, Schools