How do you feel about the British summertime? Just when we thought that the #summer wasn't making an appearance it arrived in full force! Instead of the momentary crack in the clouds that the #British Public call ‘the summer,’ we've been treated to so much sun that some days it hardly feels like the UK. #Barbecues and paddling pools are coming out and people are squirting on the sun cream. Yes there's been the some of the usual kerfuffle branding it a heatwave; other countrie

Want to get away to a hotter climate this winter? While the iconic #sporting #events have catapulted #Brazil to #international prominence, up until now the country was not only renowned for its footballers and supermodels but for its #Carnival. The Carnival of Brazil is held just before Lent and is the most famous holiday in Brazil. It attracts millions of spectators and participants each year, including tourists. With the growing #Brazilian economy, learning #Portuguese is m

"Language is what makes humans human". That pretty much answers the question. Human life, whether you look at it from an economic, #social, scientific or another angle, is made possible through language. Roughly said, that’s the core of the eloquent message broadcast by the brilliant cognitive scientist, linguist and Harvard professor of #psychology, Steven Pinker. In a #London Real interview, he was asked perhaps one of the most hated and dreaded questions among linguists a

What does London have to offer? It is easy to forget the value of London when your perspective of the #city is limited by the terms #‘home’ and #‘work’, both of which have probably become humdrum. Instead, ingratitude of what London truly has on offer quickly grows; but this can be easily cured by spending some #time out and about, absorbing the #wealth of what the city really has to offer. I tried to do just this and trudged through the sludge of #tourist crowds in the clam

A vintage turntable and a dozen vinyl records can probably offer you more than a computer with access to every song in the world! Why, you may ask? Because those who prefer to use a turntable choose carefully which artist they will listen to. The album usually matches the time of day, their current mood, and helps to energise them. They rarely skip songs, as they enjoy listening to its sequence like the artist intended. On the other hand, those who always listen to music thro

Social media websites are nowadays a #virtual place where everyone likes to watch and comment what others say or show off. Unfortunately, #popularity does come along with some issues that are as old as mankind itself: jealousy and cowardice. When we use social media websites we are placing ourselves in the #limelight, and it does matter the sort of background and education the viewer has if the nice things we sometimes end up showing are considered to be annoying or aspiratio