United Kingdom Yowza! Scrabble stays on fleek with 3,000 new words to its dictionary The popular board game has added nearly 3,000 new words to its dictionary including "fleek" and "yowza". 02/05/2019
World French ranked bottom in EU for level of English A new report says France has the lowest level of English proficiency of any European Union country, while Swedes were ranked the best internationally. 03/11/2018
United Kingdom Why this year's boiling summer is good news for English sparkling wine The scorching temperatures have now subsided but leave behind the promise of what could turn out to be the finest ever vintage of English sparkling wine. 09/10/2018
brussels bureau Is English really losing importance in Europe? In May, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker declared that: “slowly but surely English is losing importance in Europe”. 25/07/2017
United Kingdom Six-hundred-year-old Henry V warship 'found in English river' A historian is believed to have found a 600-year-old English warship lying in mud in a river in southern England. Holigost (Holy Ghost) was a key cog 12/10/2015
Cinema Sir Ian McKellan plays Sherlock Holmes in a new movie about the sleuth's final case Sir Ian McKellan plays Sherlock Holmes as you have never seen him before. He is the sleuth in a new movie about the fictional character created by 18/06/2015
USA English and Spanish among happiest languages Human language has a tendency to be slanted towards happy words, according to a new study. And Spanish was found to be the world’s happiest 12/02/2015
United Kingdom No island is an island - Europe and all its languages It is no secret that Britons are apprehensive when it comes to learning languages – perhaps the reason that English is widely spoken around the world 18/10/2013
Culture Back to our roots City life, its speed, excitement, variety, culture and job opportunities act as a magnet for young people. But not everyone of a certain age yearns 04/10/2012
