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David Attenborough at 100

Sir David Attenborough has been fascinated by nature and the world around us since his childhood, and he has enthused millions of viewers around the world with his programmes covering every aspect of our planet. As he reaches 100, he isn't ready to stop.

07 Mai 2026

video

BBC

sustainable development

Shine Bright 5e: Ready for September

After 6e last year, there’s a new curriculum for English in 5e from September. Our authors have been busy on a shiny new textbook, Shine Bright 5e, to conform to the new curriculum. Have a look at what they’ve come up with!

29 Avril 2026

London

U.S. culture

British culture

3

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Short Films by Families

We look at one of the short films created for the Edinburgh International Festival by a project that encouraged prisoners and their children to imagine stories together, that were then brought to life by animators. What happens when a crocodile and a lonely mermaid are brought together by music and laughter?

27 Avril 2026

animation

short films

prison

6

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Enlightening the Industrial Revolution

His name might not be familiar but his paintings (at least one of them) should ring a bell. Joseph Wright of Derby's works stage people lit up by candles against a dark foreground, and not only epitomise the classical style of his period but also – and above all – showcase the worries and concerns alongside with the excitement linked to the industrial revolution in Britain.

27 Avril 2026

art

exhibition

science

Seeing is Believing?

The title of the TV programme was already anxiety-making, "Will AI Take My Job?". But the programme on Channel 4 in the UK had a surprise up its sleeve.

27 Avril 2026

video

EMC

EMI

Sélection culturelle

Lee Miller: From Muse to War Photographer

Lee Miller’s work has been having something of a revival lately, following the biopic starring Kate Winslet. An exhibition at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris follows her career from Vogue model and surrealist muse to Vogue photographer and war correspondent.

27 Avril 2026

conflict

war

d-day

Celebrating Marilyn Monroe

It’s incredible to think that this year is the centenary of Marilyn Monroe’s birth. Hard to imagine the symbol of youth and beauty aging. A new exhibition at the Cinémathèque examines the life and work of the star who died tragically young.

24 Avril 2026

film

Cinéma

exhibition

Remembering on ANZAC Day

On 25 April each year, the people of Australia and New Zealand remember those have died in wars. Their remembrance day doesn't commemorate the end of WWI, as the 11th of November does in other countries. It commemorates their joint entry into the war, in the disastrous Gallipoli Campaign in 1915.

22 Avril 2026

conflict

war

commemoration

Say My Name

When NASA astronaut Bill Anders took the first colour photo of the Earth from space in 1968, it was credited with raising awareness and interest in protecting our planet. For this year's Earth Day, NASA is encouraging us all to spell out our name in photos of geographical features of the Earth, hoping it will inspire a similar motivation for protection.

22 Avril 2026

NASA

sustainable development

science

English Language Day

The United Nations celebrates international days for each of the six official UN languages. International English Language Day is on 23 April, the day of Shakespeare's birth and death, in honour of his influence on the English language. Here are some online activities and documents from A1+ to B2. The United Nations has celebrated days for its six official languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) since 2010. Why not have some fun with English to celebrate the day? The United Nations site has a quiz on British and American English and a couple of quizzes on idiomatic expressions. 23 April is also St George's Day , England's national day. This short video is a good introduction to the day, and to English as a global language. Usable from A1+. https://youtu.be/CIlaQHA1k84 Don't miss the Trivial Pursuit game in Shine Bright 5e about the origins and spread of English around the world. The British Council has a B2-level article about English Language Day, with an interactive worksheet, or you can download the article and worksheet to use offline in class. It has lots of information about the origins of English and English as a global language today. The UN also celebrates 23 April as Spanish Language Day for a similar reason: it is the death date of one of the most celebrated Spanish-language authors, Miguel Cervantes, in 1616, the same day Shakespeare died.

21 Avril 2026

united nations

Shakespeare

British Council

Jo Ractcliffe: The Aftermath of Conflict in South Africa

Jo Ractcliffe has spent her career photographing the consequences of colonialism, militarisation and segregation on South Africa both under apartheid and in its aftermath. An exhibition at the Jeu de Paume in Paris shows the scope of her work.

10 Avril 2026

civil rights

activism

photography

Unicorn Day

On 9 April, Scotland celebrates National Unicorn Day, in honour of the country's national animal. Unicorns may be mythical creatures but that doesn't stop them being represented all over Scotland, and in the country's coat of arms.

07 Avril 2026

mythes et héros

Scotland

Royal

Sélection culturelle

Quais du Polar Lyon 2026

Lyon's Quais du Polar festival is back from 3 to 5 April. Crime-fiction writers from 17 countries will be talking about their books and the theme « Chercheurs d’histoires : sciences et fictions ». Some English-speaking authors jumped out at us, including Jonathan Coe's foray into crime.

02 Avril 2026

literature

festival

podcast

New for Lycée: Shine Brighter Première and Terminale

Coming very soon: the Shine Brighter collection is expanding with two new textbooks to accompany you in applying the new curriculum for première and terminale from September. They cover all the themes of the curriculum and are full of variety in the sequences proposed. Here’s a sneak peek!

20 Mars 2026

civil rights

London

New Zealand

4

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Pocket Money

Pocket money has always been a tricky question for parents and teenagers alike. While some parents give a weekly allowance to their children, others reward their teenage kids when they give a hand or have good marks, while others simply don’t give any pocket money, no matter how helpful their children are. Every family is different, and everyone has their own way of doing things! These activities – based on a recent survey by a British bank about pocket money in the UK – will have pupils think about pocket money while practising comparatives, superlatives, amounts of money and vocabulary for household chores and leisure activities.

Lovebirds Get Some Help from Sick Kids

Children in hospital decorate pebbles that help Gentoo penguins in Edinburgh Zoo find a mate.

19 Mars 2026

Scotland

conservation

Edinburgh

Rendez-vous

Heading for Moon Orbit

NASA's plans to return to the Moon should get a big boost in coming weeks when the Artemis II mission blasts off for 10 days in space. It will orbit the Moon and aims to travel further into space than any previous mission. This is one step towards a new Moon landing currently planned for 2028.

19 Mars 2026

NASA

space

science

International Fact-Checking Day: 2 April

International Fact-Checking Day is on 2 April – the day after April Fool's Day, when traditionally newspapers and other media publish fake "April Fools" stories. It promotes fact-checking to combat fake news around the world.

19 Mars 2026

video

traditions

EMC

La Semaine des Langues: Understanding the World

Are you ready for the Semaine des langues? This year’s edition is from 23 to 28 March 2026 and is on the theme of « Les langues pour comprendre le monde ». Here is a selection of activities planned around the country.

16 Mars 2026

europe

poetry

celebrations

Sélection culturelle

British and Irish Screens in Nîmes

The Nîmes British and Irish Screens film festival takes place from 13 to 22 March.

11 Mars 2026

video

film

festival

Sélection culturelle

Peaky Blinders 7 : A Wartime Return for Tommy Shelby

Four years after the end of Peaky Blinders, the story continues with a new film, The Immortal Man. The film mixes historical drama with a strong focus on character. It is released on Netflix on March 20, 2026.

10 Mars 2026

identity

World War II

Netflix

Les nouveaux programmes de Langues Vivantes au Collège

De nouveaux programmes en langues vivantes sont appliqués au collège. À partir des programmes publiés en mai 2025 , nous avons synthétisé pour vous les changements apportés.

Orwell: 2 + 2 = 4

A new documentary looks at the final months of George Orwell's life, while he was writing 1984. Filmmaker Raoul Peck draws comparisons between Orwell's words and events happening around us today.

01 Mars 2026

film

documentary

identity

Sting: The Last Ship

Sting grew up in the shipbuilding town of Wallsend, near Newcastle in northeast England. In The Last Ship, he tells the story of the workers at a shipyard facing closure. The musical is at the Seine Musicale till 8 March.

18 Février 2026

théâtre

British history

musicals

(Don't) Be My Valentine

Looking for something a bit different as a Valentine's gift? Or do you want to send a message to someone you definitely don't want to date? Bronx Zoo in NYC has the answer: their Name-a-Roach campaign.

13 Février 2026

New York

love

celebrations

Sélection culturelle

Wuthering Heights

After a lot of Jane Austen adaptations, it’s Emily Brontë’s turn for a new big-screen adaptation of her only novel, and masterpiece, Wuthering Heights.

12 Février 2026

film

Brontë

Jane Eyre

Meet the Author Again: Personnaliser les apprentissages

Comment organiser ses pratiques pédagogiques pour faire en sorte que le collège profite à tous les profils d’élèves et que chacun puisse progresser et développer ses compétences en anglais ? Notre nouveau guide pratique Mission Prof' : Personnaliser les apprentissages propose des explications et des activités clé-en-main. Son autrice partagera ses expériences lors d'un webinaire le 25 juin à 16h.

26 Janvier 2026

compréhension orale

compréhension écrite

expression écrite

Sélection culturelle

Alarm at the Country House

Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials revisits a lesser-known whodunit, translating the logic-driven country house mystery into a contemporary Netflix miniseries.

21 Janvier 2026

film

literature

Series

Sélection culturelle

Hamnet

The latest film by Chloé Zhao is the adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning novel Hamnet , where she imagined the life of Shakespeare’s son and his wife, and their influence on his greatest tragedy. O’Farrell had been fascinated by the resemblance between Hamnet’s name and the Prince of Denmark’s since she discovered it while studying Hamlet as a teenager. He was one of twins born to Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway, but died at the age of 11, a few years before Shakespeare wrote the play. In her 2020 novel, Farrell imagines the young boy sacrificing himself to save his twin sister from the Plague, and his mother, a skilled herbalist, trying to save him. Despite giving his name to the novel, the focus is really on Agnes, as Farrell calls her, giving form to a woman who left little trace in historical record. The main things that have remained in the national memory about Hathaway were that she was older than Shakespeare and pregnant when they married, and that in his will the now comfortably off playwright left her his second-best bed. O’Farrell makes her a fully rounded character, and full partner in the marriage. She is most at home in the forest with the plants she uses for medicine and the hawk she has tamed. The film is light on dialogue, allowing actions and gestures express the different ways Agnes and Will grieve their beloved son. The couple are played by two Irish actors, Jessie Buckley ( The Lost Daughter, Wicked Little Letters ) and Paul Mescal (All of Us Strangers, Gladiator II). Jessie Buckley won the best actress Golden Globe and Critics' Choice awards for her performance, along with the film receiving best film at the Golden Globes and the audience awards at the BFI London and Toronto film festivals. Chloe Zhao ( Nomadland, Eternals) adapted the novel for screen, along with Maggie O’Farrell. As in her early films Songs My Brothers Taught Me and The Rider , viewers are plunged into a natural universe, in this case the woods of southern England. That is contrasted with the half-timbered houses of the town of Stratford-upon-Avon where the couple live with Shakespeare’s family, and the riverside in London where are the final scenes show a performance of Hamlet at the Globe Theatre. Agnes and her brother Bartholomew are amongst the groundlings directly in front of the stage, discovering the play that Shakespeare has told them nothing about. Agnes is transported by Will Shakespeare playing the ghost of Hamlet’s father and by Hamlet’s fatal sword fight. https://youtu.be/xYcgQMxQwmk Hamnet On general release 21 January 2026

19 Janvier 2026

Shakespeare

Hamlet

British literature

Rendez-vous

Claudette Colvin: Civil-Rights Activist

Claudette Colvin sparked the protest movement that led to Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, and the end of bus segregation after a long boycott. Colvin, who was just 15 at the time of her protest, died on 13 January at the age of 86.

15 Janvier 2026

Martin Luther King

video

civil rights