Culture Bites

I talk with Tom Emery, ESL teacher, about teaching English abroad and online, the tech changes which are affecting the industry, and the pros and cons of a ‘digital nomad’ life.

Tom’s teacher page is here.

https://www.italki.com/teacher/658229

When in China, I noticed a strange phenomenon - people making 5 minute summaries of movies, saying what happens from beginning to end, ruining the entire movie-watching experience. This is my revenge.

*Don’t proceed if don’t like your movies spoiled - although these are all classics and if you haven’t already seen them, then where have you been anyway?*

The lockdown has begun, and Tom and I have taken desperate measures to keep up morale. Billy Joel, can you save us?

The Beatles were pretty damn big. But what did John really mean with that Jesus remark? Culture Bites investigates.

November is remembering season, but who do we remember best - our traitors or our heroes?

With contributions from the world of music, literature, movies and - ahem - stand-up comedy, it’s the wisest wise-cracks. A guide for the living.

Jess and I went on the march on Saturday to Parliament, banging on about getting a chance to stop Brexit. For those that missed the big day, here’s a 20-minute montage of the greatest hits.

The story of King Midas, and do we really take the lesson on board? (Er, no.)

I’m standing in a queue trying to fill in a form I can’t understand, waiting to see a man who isn’t here. And I look around, and we’re all doing this. A feeling of seasickness arrives, but I take a deep breath, and keep waiting. There’s only one word for it...

Business culture gurus have decided that the world’s people can be plotted on a scale from peach to coconut. Is it helpful at all? And where do the British and the Chinese sit on this all-important axis?