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Just a short message to wish you all Happy Easter! I expect you’re all looking forward to a long weekend and hope you’re doing something nice. I am currently soup fasting in Bad Orb...

Years ago, a German friend said to me that I could get away with anything because I am British … but that was before Brexit and tmy home country‘s reputation fell to the ground...

I am currently in Berlin for a course on Positive Psychology – watch this space! In preparation, we had to write a text on a situation where we used one of our strengths. As...

On one of my spring walks last week, I listened to the following TED talk about language and how it shapes the way we think: Lera Boroditsky: How language shapes the way we think...

Hope you all had a nice weekend and perhaps, like me, attended a ‘Karneval/Fastnacht’ event. This is not something I normally go for but was surprised at how much I enjoyed a ‘Stunksitzung’ in...

I decided to make some shortbread as it had run out – a disaster in my household when family and friends visit! Making shortbread is a skill I inherited from my mother – in...

I hope you have been able to enjoy the lovely Christmas markets, mulled wine and office parties! I am looking forward to my last lessons this year with Christmas crackers, mince pies and conversations...

Have you got some nice Christmas markets in your area? I helped out at our local one in Niedernhausen yesterday and had a lot of fun selling and of course drinking mulled wine 😊....