Voices
Hannah Pearson, who’s working as an English language assistant in Mexico, shares her advice on immersing yourself in the language of the locals.
Anne Bostanci ponders a promising emerging shift in the UK’s discussions about the First World War.
Emma Wind argues that despite the forces of globalisation, the world’s most populous country remains culturally distinct.
In this article written on a train journey from Munich to Hamburg, David Nicholls shares his current cultural highlights.
Actor and artistic director Guy Masterson says the famous Welsh poet didn’t so much defy the rules of grammar as stretch them.
The British Council’s Dee Lowry and Abdullah Qureshi summarise the main findings of our report on Pakistan’s creative industries, published today.
Teacher and author Kieran Donaghy tells us why film is such a good resource and recommends useful websites in one of our top five articles of all time, illustrated by artist Jamie Johnson.
This Black History Month in the UK, the British Council’s Paul Howson explains how the Harlem Renaissance turned disillusionment into pride.
‘Poetry is what gets lost in translation’, the American poet Robert Frost is quoted as saying. So how do you translate literature effectively?
The T.S. Eliot Prize-winning poet tells us about working in prisons, family life and the eeriness of English suburbs.