Voices
In many Sub-Saharan African countries, English becomes the official language of instruction at a relatively early stage in a child’s education, often with confusing effects.
Teacher trainer Chris Lima explains how 19th-century language and culture are less of a hindrance in relating literature to language students than one might assume.
Ellen Darling of the British Council shares some of the coaching tips passed on by education expert Loraine Kennedy during our webinar.
As the IceLab exhibition opens in Glasgow today, the British Council’s Vicky Richardson, who commissioned the exhibition, talks to us about new architecture in Antarctica.
The Selector, our global weekly radio show for new UK music, has teamed up with The Crypt Sessions to bring you ‘Amped’, a monthly video series with UK artists.
In the biggest restoration project they have ever undertaken, the British Film Institute has restored nine of Alfred Hitchcock’s early silent movies.
Daud Rasool, Deputy Director British Council Afghanistan, walks us through a recent history and the transformational aspect of the Premier Skills programme on the lives of young Afghans.
In the latest from our English language seminars, Dr Christopher J. Hall explains why the idea that there is just one correct and unchanging form of English is a myth.
As states invest more and more in their soft power, experts debate global trends in London on 18 June 2013. This is the transcript.
A new British Council report, ‘Influence and Attraction: Culture and the Race for Soft Power in the 21st Century’, discusses global trends in cultural relations and soft power.