The History of the English Language

Click on the picture to learn about the history of English.

Easter

Watch this video to find out about how we celebrate Easter in Britain!

London at Night

Look at this beautiful, scintillating city!

British and American

Watch this video to find out about how different British and American vocabulary is!

Armistice Day is on 11th November and is also known as Remembrance Day. The red poppy is a symbol to remember all the people who died in the First World War and many people in Britain wear a poppy on this day. Here is a video about what happened last year at the Tower of London (probably my favourite London monument) when it was decorated with more than 888,000 red poppies - one for each person who died during the war. It was celebrated at 11am on the 11th of November 2014 because it was the 100 year anniversary of the end of the First World War. If you would like to know more about the conditions the soldiers fought in you could read some of the poems by war poets like Rupert Brooke or Wilfred Owen. Go to the end of the history page to see their poems.

Paignton, South Devon

This very short film is about my Mum's home town where I spent many happy holidays there with my grandparents, uncles and aunts, and cousins. See how different the coastline is to Spain - it's true what the presenter says, that the land is red and very flat with a few cliffs. Devon is a beautiful part of Great Britain that often gets overlooked due to other parts of England being more popular. It's very rural, so many people move to bigger cities where there are more job opportunities. If you ever get a chance to visit some Devonshire towns like Plymouth or Exeter, do so and you won't regret it!

'Home' Paignton by the Sea from Danny Cooke on Vimeo.