After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal History Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · This is After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal. The podcast that takes you to the shadiest corners of the past, unpicking history’s spookiest, strangest,...

One of my favourite podcasts on one of the most pivotal moments in modern history, and a very misconstrued victim vs manipulated culprits podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/a... #franzferdinand #sarajevo #WW1 #balkans #serbia

Delighted to share this upcoming #SpeakingExaminer training with #CambridgeAssessment for #YoungLearners #Starters #Movers #Flyers July 11-12 #Kanto jalt-publications.org/jobs/29861-c... Seeking experienced #YLE teachers to join the team & deliver Can Do tests & assessment

Endo dreams of sushi: a trip around Japan with one of the world’s greatest chefs The long read: Endo Kazutoshi spent decades climbing to the top of the culinary world, only for a devastating fire to threaten it all. I joined him in the aftermath as he travelled around his homeland...

Burnt sushi dreams www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Ayumu Hirano - profile of a famous sportsperson #ELT #blogging #languageschool #matsumoto #Cambridge #assessment #younglearners #A2Key #B1Preliminary #B2First #teachertraining #extensivereading

Teen snowboarder profiles an Olympian role model lunainternational.blogspot.com/2026/03/ayum...

The ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hour A mysterious 5,000-year-old decision led directly to how we still count time today.

Let’s do the time warp again, but in French!?
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‘There’s biological treasure here’: Chile’s endemic seals gain protection with new marine park Sixty years after the discovery of a colony of Juan Fernández fur seals, previously thought to be extinct, a landmark agreement extends ‘no take’ zone around the wildlife-rich archipelago

Chile fur seals www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Secrets of the karst: new species found in Cambodia’s limestone caves – in pictures A survey has revealed the vast array of wildlife – some never seen before – living within the south-east Asian country’s karst ecosystems. New species discovered include geckos, millipedes and a pit v...

Unlikely Karst - phnom finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Predatory feral ferrets removed from an island for the first time ever Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland is ferret-free after £4.5m five-year partnership led by RSPB NI

Ferretted out www.theguardian.com/environment/...

There's a Sake Train Running Through Japan — and It's Just as Cool as You Think The three-hour sightseeing train travels through Niigata Prefecture's most stunning landscapes, with sake pairings on board.

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The BOAC Flight 911 Memorial In the next of my series of posts about memorialisation sites I have visited (see also The Tōya-maru sinking and The JL350 memorial), I’m writing about my visit to the BOAC Flight 911 Memoria…

The BOAC Flight 911 Memorial hoodcp.wordpress.com/2020/03/23/t...

The ancient US discovery predating the pyramids A series of millennia-old canoes are being unearthed from the bottom of a lake in Wisconsin, spurring a renewed interest in Indigenous culture.

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‘I want to come back, to win gold’: banned Ukrainian determined to race for glory in helmet of memory On the eve of the fourth anniversary since Russia invaded Ukraine, Vladyslav Heraskevych tells Sean Ingle he has no regrets about sacrificing his Winter Olympic dreams in Milano Cortina

Already a champion, Ukraine's poppy www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

Jeremy Vine loves him, motorists hate him. Is this man London’s most controversial cyclist? How Cycling Mikey's quest for road safety divided London

We need this approach in Japan! Cops on their favourite blind corners collecting bonus fines for not stopping at daftly placed white lines a joke... www.the-londoner.co.uk/jeremy-vine-...

Telling your students to "Go Away!" #ELT #blogging #languageschool #matsumoto #Cambridge #assessment #younglearners #A2Key #B1Preliminary #B2First #teachertraining #extensivereading

My thoughts on not 'doing' Halloween in Japan as a teacher, but respecting a Japanese traditional festval 'setsubun' instead. lunainternational.blogspot.com/2026/02/tell...

‘We need a helicopter to go find them’: 13-year-old’s triple zero call to save family stranded off WA coast revealed Austin Appelbee told authorities he was ‘really scared’ after swimming 4km in rough seas to get help for mum and two siblings

The kid's a legend www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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‘It’s ridiculous’: publicans bemused by rise of single-file queues to get served Bar owners say they struggle to dissuade people from forming a line as behavioural experts point to post-pandemic ‘new norms’

Two pints of lager & a packet of crisps!
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A potentially habitable new planet has been discovered 146 light-years away – but it may be -70C The Earth-size planet HD 137010 b has a ‘50% chance of residing in the habitable zone’ of its sun-like star, scientists say

How old will I be when I get there?! And, how cold?www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/29/a-po...

Cambridge Speaking Examiner Training in Tokyo. | Keiko Ohashi 🎉 Welcome to our 2026 Speaking Examiner Group! 🎉 If you're a teacher passionate about language education and assessment, this is a great opportunity to get involved with Cambridge English exams and j...

Delighted to share this announcement from Cambridge Centre Kawaijuku (JP026) about upcoming #speakingexaminer training in Tokyo, for #kanto based English language teachers #A2 & #B1 levels www.linkedin.com/posts/keiko-...

'Hullo, hillo, holla': The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello' It's 200 years since the word "hello" was first used in print - though its roots date back to the 15th Century. How has the language of greetings evolved - and what does it tell us?

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‘A nasty little song, really rather evil’: how Every Breath You Take tore Sting and the Police apart Sting and his former bandmates go to the high court over a royalties dispute this week – the latest chapter in the song’s remarkably fractious story

Call the cops! www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

2026 Asia Talks with Oxford - Pre-primary English: How to do it well Welcome to Asia Talks with Oxford! These live online events run throughout the year and are open to anyone interested in English Language Teaching and learning more about Oxford and our products. In ...

I'm going to be 'sharing my experience' as a kindy teacher on Jan 28th with OUP in a free webinar. Here are the sign up details - come & join the fun!

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Hero or brutal tyrant? The controversy over 16th-Century explorer Magellan An acclaimed new film dramatises the pioneering voyage of the world-famous Portuguese navigator – a trailblazer who has been accused of "incontinent bloodlust".

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All you need to know about the International Space Station's 25 years in orbit The International Space Station (ISS) is humanity's most expensive object and has been in orbit for 25 years. Read its fascinating history, told in 25 numbers.

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'It's a moment of death and rebirth': The ancient monuments saluting the winter solstice Dozens of mysterious structures across the Northern Hemisphere – some nearly 5,000 years old – align precisely to frame the rising and setting Sun on midwinter's shortest day.

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Can we save travel's most beloved tradition? Digital communication and social media let us stay in instant touch when we travel, but snail-mailed postcards are still uniting travellers.

Absent students’ homework at @lunainternational.bsky.social has always been ‘send us a postcard’ ~ all on our blog & digital solution = true note app

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Hundreds of sharks filmed in bait fish feeding frenzy near Byron Bay Dramatic scenes in the water prompt warnings to swimmers and snorkelers at one of Australia’s most popular holiday destinations

Even Aussie sharks can score a century!
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The undersea mountains where sharks rule Under the surface of the ocean, "constellations" of towering subsea mountains dot the Earth – and they are teeming with sharks.

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‘It would take 11 seconds to hit the ground’: the roughneck daredevils who built the Empire State Building They wrestled steel beams, hung off giant hooks and tossed red hot rivets – all while ‘strolling on the thin edge of nothingness’. Now the 3,000 unsung heroes who raised the famous skyscraper are fina...

The photos make me flinch! And I've been up the Empire State Building - view was a bit different in 1985!

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Fall and redemption of Becker and Wiggins shows sporting glory does not deliver purpose or meaning | Cath Bishop Books by former champions demonstrate powerfully that we should not accept abuse and suffering as ‘the price of winning’. Sport must do more

#BradleyWiggins an absolute hero of mine & I applaud his redemption massively www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...