No. 01Letter from La Gomera
Whistle While You Talk
On one Canary Island, Spanish crosses ravines as a whistle, and the brain barely blinks.
By Jack Blake · 2 min read
No. 02Sounds
Click Here for Consonants
The noise English uses to say "tut tut" is a perfectly good letter elsewhere.
By Jack Blake · 2 min read
No. 03Science
Bird Is the Word
Bees dance directions and tits follow grammar. So is language really ours alone?
By Jack Blake · 2 min read
No. 04Words
Lost for Words
Hygge, sobremesa and friends: the feelings English never got round to naming.
By Jack Blake · 2 min read
No. 05Myths
Ping Pong
Is the Welsh for microwave really "popty ping"? Sort of, and that is the fun.
By Jack Blake · 2 min read
No. 06Mind
Left Out
In Guugu Yimithirr, your cup is never on your left. It is to the north.
By Jack Blake · 2 min read
No. 07Classroom
The Sound of Silence
A silent Year 10 is rarely lazy. It is nervous. Here is how to lower the stakes.
By Jack Blake · 2 min read
No. 08Classroom
Forget Me Not
Students forget vocabulary because they stop testing themselves. Four minutes fixes it.
By Jack Blake · 2 min read