Victoria Heward

Trick or treat? The origins of a very special day.

Post CEFR level: B2   So, the Summer has finally arrived and with it come holiday dreams of quiet relaxation or wild adventure. Nothing can replace...

Post CEFR level: B2 Curiosity is the desire to know more, understand new information and discover how and why things are as they are. It’s what fills...

Post CEFR level: B1/B2 Little Women (1868), written by Louisa May Alcott, follows the lives of four sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March as they grow...

Shakespeare is possibly the most famous playwright in the world, but his 16th century English can often be quite difficult to understand. Yet, most English...

You might not recognise the Old English verb springan (sprang – sprungen) meaning to ‘jump up’ or ‘to grow’, but it gives us the roots of the...