Season 2, Episode 4 An overview of the 4 countries that make up the United Kingdom. More information about each of the smaller countries Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Download Transcript Union Jack Flag. Photo by James Giddins on Unsplash Scottish Flag. Image by paul Doyle from Pixabay Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Transcript Mark Hello, and welcome to the podcast, English for Life in the UK. This particular episode is quite a long one, so we have divided it up into 4 or 5 different parts. We're talking about the United Kingdom, today, [...]

Why the US Presidential election is important to the U.K. How the US election system works. What has happened in this year’s election and the possible implications for the U.K. Download Transcript Transcript Season 2, Episode 2 Mark Well, hello and welcome to the podcast English for Life in the UK. I'm joined, today, by Sheena and John. Sheena, how are you? Sheena I'm OK, thank you - a bit tired from trying to follow the election - and confused! But, apart from that: fine, thank you. Mark More of that later. John, how about you? [...]

What we mean by fashion and design. Some famous British designers, including fashion designers. Nouns and adjectives for materials. Download Transcript Mary Quant. Source: wikimedia Alexander McQueen design. Source: wikimedia Vivienne Westwood. Source: Wikimedia Stella MCartney. Source: wikimedia Erdem. Source: wikimedia Chippendale High Chest. Source: Flickr Clarice Cliff pottery. Source: wikimedia Transcript Episode 33: Fashion and Design Mark Hello and welcome to the podcast English for Life in the UK. This is episode 33 of the podcast, intended for intermediate-level learners of English. It's produced by a group of [...]

Famous British poets. Personal choice of poetry by Robert Burns, Wilfred Owen and Lemn Sissay. Similes and metaphors. Download Transcript Transcript Episode 32: Literature in the UK, Part 2, Poets and Poetry (Mark) Welcome to the podcast: English for Life in the UK. This podcast is for intermediate-level learners of English, and is produced by a group of volunteers from the St Augustine's Centre in Halifax, Yorkshire, where we provide a range of support and advice to those in need, and particularly to asylum seekers, refugees and migrants. The aim of this podcast is to help [...]

Famous British authors and novels past and present. Favourite books of the presenters. The use of 1st, 2nd and 3rd person narratives in literature. Download Transcript Transcript Transcript Episode 31: Literature in the UK, part 1 Mark Hello and welcome to the podcast English for Life in the UK. This podcast is for intermediate-level learners of English and is produced by a group of volunteer teachers, from the St Augustine's Centre in Halifax, Yorkshire, where we provide a range of support and advice to those in need and, particularly, to asylum seekers, refugees and migrants. The aim [...]

Famous British landscape gardeners and gardens. Gardening as a pastime in the U.K. including allotments. How to start and continue a conversation. Download Transcript Transcript Transcript Episode 30: Gardens and Gardening in the UK (Mark) Welcome to episode 30 of the podcast English for Life in the UK. This podcast is for intermediate-level learners of English and is produced by a group of volunteer teachers from the St Augustine's Centre, in Halifax, Yorkshire, where we provide a range of support and advice to those in need and particularly to asylum seekers, refugees and migrants. The aim [...]

Some of the famous architects and the buildings they designed. Our own favourite buildings. Adjectives in English and in particular the word order we use. Download Transcript St Paul’s Cathedral.  Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Houses of Parliament, London. Source: Berit. House of Commons Halifax Town Hall. Source: Alexander P Kapp The Gherkin, London. London Aquatic Centre. Image: Flickr Rick ligthelm The Piece Hall, Halifax. Image: Flickr Transcript Transcript Episode 29:Architecture and Buildings in the UK Mark Welcome to the podcast "English for Life in the UK". [...]