What is unusual about Phu Quoc, a white pepper from Vietnam? Does it: a) make people cry, b) taste like parmesan cheese, c) cost more than gold? Listen to the programme to hear the answer.

If you learn something the hard way, it's because you weren’t listening or you made a mistake. Learn how to use this expression with Feifei and Phil. Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, where ...

As Bad Bunny showed at the Super Bowl, español is the coming thing. No wonder it’s now the top GCSE language choice “Now, Gary, repeat after me: Quiero una margarita, por favor,” my Spanish tutor ...

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New Jersey and Pennsylvania are among the most recent states to require schools to teach kids old fashioned handwriting skills.

A family reads the signage about slavery on an outdoor exhibit at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pa., on Oct. 24, 2025. A few years after a “Western Civilization” course led me ...

Luis Diaz’s Bayern Munich contract requires German lessons, with fines for non-compliance. Discover how he is adapting to the new environment.

This has been a big week in the long-running — and still very much not-over — saga of the Jeffrey Epstein files. That’s because we’ve begun to learn more about the Justice Department’s controversial ...

Bernardo Silva has insisted to his Manchester City teammates that ‘a lot’ can be lost in the coming matches off the back of a 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest.Key takeaways: Bernardo Silva’s ...

In February, a pop-up science column, Annals of Inquiry, is appearing in place of Kyle Chayka’s column, Infinite Scroll. Chayka will return in March. Forty years ago, Bill Weiss, a student at Columbia ...

Presidents Day is on Monday, and for many Americans it’s become synonymous with long weekend sales and big-ticket bargains. But the holiday wasn’t created for discounts and promotions. Its origins ...