- Date
- 07 June 2018 - 15:00
Scientists use drones to collect whale snot
How do you do you conduct a health check-up for an animal that is 80,000 kilograms bigger than your average pet? According to PhD candidate Vanessa Pirotta, the answer is drones.
Voices
Voices
- Date
- 07 June 2018 - 08:00
Lust, romance and attachment – the three things that happen when we fall in love
Is love truly a drug? And are looks really that important? Science communicator Emer Maguire talks us through love's three stages.
- Date
- 06 June 2018 - 15:00
'The work will not be quick' – Nancy Campbell, nature writer
Scottish author Nancy Campbell tells us about her approach to writing about the natural world, ahead of her appearance at the British Council Nature Writing Seminar in Munich.
- Tags
- Literature
- Date
- 06 June 2018 - 09:06
Who decides how to design public space?
This year's Venice Biennale architecture exhibition is titled 'Freespace'. We asked architecture and design journalist Debika Ray about public space and the British Pavilion.
- Tags
- Design, Architecture, Festivals
- Date
- 21 May 2018 - 12:16
How one sculptor chooses and uses materials
Artist Anina Major talks about how she turned glass into teeth, built a floor-to-ceiling spine, and how she sources sustainable material.
- Tags
- Visual Arts
- Date
- 17 May 2018 - 08:38
How do scientists predict ocean currents?
Dr Anthony Galea, science lecturer and researcher at the University of Malta, tells us how scientists forecast ocean and sea movement, with some help from jellyfish and rubber ducks.
- Date
- 09 May 2018 - 08:00
'Losing memory is like misplacing the rule book' – Jan Carson, novelist
The author Jan Carson writes about the role of memory – and its loss – in her books and in her life.
- Tags
- Literature, Equal opportunities and diversity
- Date
- 07 May 2018 - 12:55
How users of an app are influencing local government in Mexico City
How can a smartphone app improve city infrastructure by connecting the public and local government? We asked Diego Mendiburu, CEO of app development company Fáctico.
- Tags
- Technology
- Date
- 03 May 2018 - 08:05
Ten activities to practise listening fluency in the English classroom
Kasia Piotrowska, winner of the British Council's TeachingEnglish blog award, has collected her favourite listening tasks, games and online resources.
- Tags
- English language, Teaching, Teaching resources
- Date
- 30 April 2018 - 15:09
The Lebanese designer who wants to make clothes for 'real bodies'
Cynthia Chamat Debbané is an entrepreneur and designer whose clothing business challenges the fashion industry's 'rules'.
- Tags
- Fashion