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Now playing Next See Best of Culture 2022: Day 23 - Highs & Lows of the Year Our Cultural Advent Calendar continues with some of the cultural highs and lows of the past year. Today, our attention turns to Wordle, the simple game that took the internet by storm and created a new bond between generations. 23/12/2022
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Now playing Next People Rare Scots dialect among all the languages the Queen could speak As representatives of the country, the Royal Family use their language skills in a number of different ways. 17/09/2022
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Now playing Next Hear The language app designed to save minority European languages The app IndyLan was designed to help people learn minority languages, but a lack of funding post-Brexit is holding it back. 16/08/2022
Now playing Next Destinations Easiest European countries to live in if you don't know the language Some European countries require language proficiency even for residency. 05/08/2022
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Now playing Next Culture news Six present ideas for culture-loving dads on Father’s Day If you're searching for an idea that you can purchase online at the last minute, then here's our list of experienced-based gifts for culture-loving dads. 15/06/2022
Now playing Next Culture news This is Europe's other song contest, for minority languages only They call it the “Eurovision of minority languages,” but the title would be reductive of what Liet International actually represents. 16/05/2022
Now playing Next Hear Taylor Swift's Shake it Off: A masterclass in Latin grammar A newly-published textbook for Latin teachers encouraged them to use 21st-century references to bring language-learning alive. One of the examples was Taylor Swift. 07/04/2022
