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Short List for the 2022 Booker Prize

The winner of the U.K.’s most prestigious literary prize, the Booker, will be announced on 15 October. The six authors on shortlist in the running for the prize are from the U.K., Ireland, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and the U.S.A. Their books are overwhelmingly inspired by real historical events, from a terrible lynching in America to the Magdalen Laundries in Ireland and the Sri Lankan Civil War.

21 Septembre 2022

U.S.A.

history

Ireland

Rendez-vous

The Queen is Dead, Long Live the King!

The instant that the queen died, her eldest son and heir, Charles, became Britain's new monarch. Charles had been first in line to the throne for 70 years since the accession of his mother and was the longest-serving Prince of Wales.

20 Septembre 2022

monarchy

Royal Family

Prince William

Celebrating Languages

26 September is the day the EU celebrates all the many languages spoken in Europe and around the world. They have lots of suggested activities to get your pupils enthusiasm flowing for languages.

19 Septembre 2022

September

video

europe

See How They Run: A Whodunit Within a Whodunit

On 1952 London’s West End, Agatha Christie’s play, The Mousetrap, is a hit. Hollywood comes knocking at the stage door. But plans for a movie version of this smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after the film’s Hollywood director is murdered.

14 Septembre 2022

film

London

théâtre

The End of an Era

On 8 September, the British Royal Family announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96. Britain’s longest reigning monarch had been on the throne for 70 years, which had been marked this summer by Platinum Jubilee celebrations. She was immediately succeeded by her son Charles, who will be known as King Charles III.

09 Septembre 2022

Queen

British history

British culture

Pupils Vote on Press Photography

Since 1994, the Prix Bayeux has been awarded annually to war correspondents. The event also organises a schools’ project: Regard des jeunes de 15 ans. 3ème classes from France or abroad can vote for one of 20 press photos they feel best symbolises the world today. Votes close on 29 September.

05 Septembre 2022

conflict

war

d-day

Rendez-vous

Bye-bye Boris

Boris Johnson learned who would replace him as British Prime Minister on 5 September: Liz Truss. The change came after Mr Johnson admitted he had lost the faith of his own cabinet and MPs and the Conservative Party held a two-month long election to choose a new leader.

05 Septembre 2022

Brexit

politics

UK

Gothic Nightmares: Fuseli

Under the pseudonym Henry Fuseli, Swiss artist Johan Heinrich Füssli, became one of the leading lights of the 19th-century British art world and a popular proponent of Romanticism and the Gothic. His many depictions of Shakespearean scenes, the supernatural, dreams and nightmares are rich food for the imagination. A new exhibition at the Musée Jacquemart André in Paris would be a great outing for classes studying Romanticism and the Gothic. Fuseli was born in Zurich in 1741 and followed paternal instructions to study theology. Despite studying theology, his real passions were art and literature. He toured Europe learning to paint. He settled permanently in London in 1780 and in 1782 exhibited the first version of his emblematic work The Nightmare at the Royal Academy (above). Fuseli was fascinated by myths and tales from Greek, Roman and Nordic traditions but the enigmatic Nightmare is an invention all his own. (And shows his love of language with the presence of a horse (a mare?) in the background.) It chimed perfectly with the Romantic movement with its Gothic atmosphere. Fuseli aspired to attain the sublime in his work, following the philosophy of Edmund Burke. The new exhibition gives a thematic overview of his famous works and Shakespeare is the opening theme. Fuseli was a great admirer of Shakespeare and attempted a translation of Macbeth into German while still a student. He was a keen theatregoer and lived in London in a period when some of the greatest Shakespearean actors were active. Fuseli painted David Garrick, Sarah Siddons and Hannah Pritchard many times. Nine of his paintings were included in the Shakespeare Gallery that opened in London in 1786. Macbeth was a repeated inspiration for Fuseli, here "Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers" from her husband after he has followed her prompting to kill King Duncan. In this version of a painting he revisited several times the actors are believed to be David Garrick and Hannah Pritchard. The exhibition then moves on to mythological and biblical tales, the female figure, nightmares and their polar opposites, dreams and apparitions. The supernatural is a frequent presence in Fuseli's work. Another of his great literary inspirations was John Milton's Paradise Lost, of which he did almost 50 paintings. . The Shepherd's Dream illustrates a scene in which fairy elves. "on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds." Füssli, entre rêve et fantastique Musée Jacquemart André Till 23 January 2023

05 Septembre 2022

poetry

art

Shakespeare

This is Our BBC Video

As a standalone activity or an introduction to our resource on the centenary of the BBC, this cleverly edited video provides the BBC's answer to the question, "What is public-service broadcasting?" Or simply an introduction to the variety of programming that it has pioneered. [embed]https://youtu.be/bFVvXfrle8Y[/embed] If you show pupils the video on the Indy 100 news site from The Independent , you can ask them to focus on the headline the site chose: "BBC releases new advert celebrating 100 years". You can then ask, "What do you know about the BBC?" (British Broadcasting Corporation / 18th of October 2022 100th anniversary / etc.) They can then watch the video and find out about the specificities of the BBC, and use the advert to explain the following quotations: "What is public service broadcasting?" "a PUBLIC service" "SERVICES provided by the BBC" "a service for everyone" "a bridge between us" "a reflection of who we are" "a unique experiment" This is a transcript of the video. We've started a new line each time a new person starts speaking, since the message is edited together from lots of different footage from BBC drama, news, interviews, comedy and sport. We're on air in 5, 4… Standby studio. BBC one Well defining the BBC's role involves answering the central question what is public service broadcasting? It literally means providing… Booooring! Let me, let me rephrase that. The BBC Has something For everyone. Everyone. That includes you Caroline and John from Cornwall So the question is What do you want? How about A full-throttle tango Or A high-ranking corrupt police officer With a soft centre Or Do you require assistance Thinking about The square root of 350,000 litres of milk What about Banger after Banger? But there's more to it than that. The BBC is A unique experiment. There's no angle There's No bias vibes No sponsors. Interfering with play. It's a bridge Between us Kind of a common ground. Look a bit closer It's a reflection Of who we are. But here's the thing. The BBC Doesn't have to be here. It only exists If we really believe It matters. We're in it together aren't we? Let's do this! Come here! The BBC Is something that belongs to all of us. Every one of us. Every one of us.

01 Septembre 2022

anniversary

game

British history

Happy 100th Birthday to the BBC!

The British Broadcasting Corporation is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2022, just as it faces the biggest threat to its existence. The Conservative government has announced the end of the licence fee paid by British residents to access the BBC for 2027. Without the licence fee, the BBC’s future as a public-service broadcaster, not dependent on advertising, is compromised.

30 Août 2022

documentary

anniversary

British history

Festival America is Back!

Festival America is usually a bi-annual celebration of the literature of the Americas in Vincennes (94). After two years of COVID cancellations, the festival is finally having its 10th edition celebrating 20 years from 22 to 25 September. The festival attracts large numbers of authors: 61 this year, mainly from the U.S. but also from Canada, Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and Mexico. Check out the programme for events with the likes of Ta-Nehisi Coates, Louise Erdrich, Richard Ford and Jonathan Franzen.

16 Août 2022

politics

literature

America

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Deauville with an American Accent: Film Festival 2022

It’s that time of year: the cream of Hollywood, and independent U.S. cinema will be crowding the boardwalk at Deauville for the American Film Festival from 2 to 11 September.

15 Août 2022

Deauville

Native American

Los Angeles

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100 Years of the BBC

The BBC is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year: founded in 1922 to produce radio programmes, it’s become a major British cultural force across TV, radio and increasingly digital platforms. This B1 resource has students use the BBC 100 website to find out about the corporation, its history, faces and voices, then prepare a podcast or webpage about the anniversary. A second version takes the form of an escape-game type search for information on the site before a disaster wipes the BBC archives.

14 Août 2022

anniversary

game

British history

Back to Middle Earth

It’s a very overused phrase to say that a series is eagerly awaited, but with The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power , it’s completely justified. There were more than 250 million views of the teaser trailer in 24 hours after it aired during the Superbowl in February. The 8-part lavish first season of this Amazon prequel is set thousands of years before JRR Tolkien’s novels (and Peter Jackson’s films), at a time of peace in Middle-earth that is soon to be disturbed. Released on 2 September. Tolkien’s novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have sold more than 150 million copies and have been translated into over 38 languages. But they are just the tip of the iceberg of the amazing world he created. Tolkien was a professor of Anglo-Saxon and of English language and literature at Oxford University and was fascinated by the ancient Norse languages as well as Anglo-Saxon. He loved making up languages, including Elvish and Dwarvish, which he used in his novels. He created a whole “legendarium” about the world he had invented, with histories, timelines, and illustrations. A glimpse of it is visible in The Silmarillion , which he worked on until his death, and which his son Christopher finished and published. The realms of Middle-earth are populated amongst others by elves, who are immortal, men (humans), who are mortal, dwarves, specialised in mining, and hobbits, small humanoid creatures with large feet. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (LOTR) take place in the Third Age of Middle-earth. Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power , is set thousands of years before, in the Second Age. Showrunners and creators of the series J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay based the plot of the series on the Appendices Tolkien provided at the end of LOTR , which gave some of the history of Middle-earth, as well as the epigraph to LOTR , which can be heard in the series trailer: "Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie." [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="http://www.speakeasy-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SPmotion_Forged_Full_Master_16x9_Final_PV_en-US_1080p.mp4"][/video] The Rings of Power were twenty magical rings forged in the Second Age, intended by the evil Sauron to dominate the rulers of Middle-earth. LOTR focuses on the One Ring, which the hobbit Frodo Baggins is charged with destroying. In the TV series, the rings will be the source of conflict between the different groups. LOTR fans will recognise some characters from the books: the immortal elves, Galadriel and Elrond for example, played by Morfydd Clark and Robert Aramayo. There are also Harfoots, one of three peoples Tolkien described as ancestors of the Hobbits, which also included the Stoors and the Fallohides. Harfoots can be seen in this teaser: [embed]https://youtu.be/ewgCqJDI_Nk[/embed] Fans will also be familiar with the destructive Orcs. But where there weren’t details in the legendarium, the showrunners explained, “We piece the clues together and then do what Tolkien did and look to real world myths.” LOTR: TROP is considered the most expensive TV show ever created, with costs totaling over $1 billion. It was filmed in great secrecy in New Zealand, where Peter Jackson’s popular LOTR films were made, though without Jackson’s involvement. A second series has already been greenlit, out of a planned five. Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Amazon Released 2 September 2022 This series would make a good addition to Shine Bright LLCER File 1 Timeless fantasy.

09 Août 2022

fantasy

TV series

British literature

Films for Classes in Dinard!

The 33rd edition of the Dinard British Film Festival will take place in Brittany from 28 September to 2 October. The films in competition haven’t been announced yet, but you can get ready to sign up your classes to see some of the best British films from the last year at special schools showings.

09 Août 2022

film

Dinard

festival

New Reading Guide: Brooklyn

A new addition to the programme limitatif LLCER anglais Terminale is Brooklyn by Irish novelist Colm Tóibín (2009). It’s a very approachable novel covering themes of exile, homesickness, first love and personal choice. We’re preparing a Reading Guide for the novel, coming out just after the Toussaint holidays.

09 Août 2022

literature

New York

Brooklyn

Irish Population Returns to Pre-Famine Levels

The Irish Central Statistics Office recently announced that the country’s population had surpassed 5 million for the first time since the Great Famine (1845-49). A notable event in a country whose history and culture have been marked by waves of emigration. This excellent infographic would be a great addition to Shine Bright 1e File 9 The Emerald Isle, Shine Bright LLCER File 20 The Irish Art of Exile, History 1re The Irish Question, or LLCER Terminale novel Brooklyn.

09 Août 2022

Ireland

Irish history

Brooklyn

A Landmark Ruling Overturned

On 24 June, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned one of its own “landmark rulings”, a rare event. There had already been leaks that the Court would reverse the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling that limiting a woman’s right to an abortion was unconstitutional.

27 Juin 2022

civil rights

U.S. culture

gender equality

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Paperback Festival in St Maur

Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (94) is delighted to once again welcome dozens of authors from around the world to its festival St Maur en Poche from 24 to 26 June. There will be lots of Anglophone authors present, including the inimitable Maggie O’Farrell, winner of the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction for Hamnet, her imagining of the life and death of Shakespeare’s son. Look our for John Boyne, author of The Boy in Striped Pyjamas, Heather Morris, who wrote The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Eve Chase, who is reinventing the English country house novel. There are many mystery writers too, such as Daniel Cole, James Delargy, R.J. Ellory, David Joy and Gilly Macmillan Maggie O’Farrell will discuss great literary figures and their descendants at an event on Saturday at 4.15 p.m. and Daniel Cole and James Delargy will be leading an event on the the British detective novel on Sunday at 4.30 p.m. Check out the authors and the programme.

22 Juin 2022

literature

festival

British literature

World Music Day

France's Fête de la Musique is 40 years old this year, and it has inspired other countries to celebrate music on the longest day of the year, 21 June. Make Music Day, as it's dubbed in English, made it to New York 15 years ago and has spread across North America, helped by a non-profit, MakeMusicDay.org . In 2021, despite COVID restrictions, 98 North American cities held 3500 events on 21 June. https://youtu.be/ilj4sN2rQrE It's such a good idea that the UK decided to get involved too, in 2014. https://youtu.be/14GnRsPn0JU They very much follow the original philosophy of amateurs coming out to play, calling it "the biggest DIY festival in the world!" Now, events take place in 125 countries for World Music Day! You can see videos from Nigeria, China, Connecticut and Australia, amongst many others.

21 Juin 2022

New York

U.K.

music

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The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll

Baz Luhrmann’s new film is a biopic of Elvis Presley, the founding father of rock ‘n’ roll.

21 Juin 2022

biography

U.S. culture

biopic

Spreading Swahili

7 July will be the first edition of World Kiswahili Language Day. The United Nations designated the official day in recognition of a language that is spoken by 200 million people across Africa. It is gaining in popularity and could one day replace English and French as a lingua franca native to the continent.

20 Juin 2022

colonisation

Kenya

Africa

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To Kill a Mockingbird: Changing the Point of View

A new production of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird as a play is now running in London as well as Broadway. Aaron Sorkin has dramatised the classic novel to put the focus on, and give a voice to, Tom Robinson, who is falsely accused of raping a white woman.

20 Juin 2022

civil rights

théâtre

ségrégation

Biobox: Who is It?

Who is the person describing themselves in the slideshow?

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Elvis

Elvis. Just his first name is enough for everyone to know who we’re talking about! Or certainly for adults to know. The King of rock 'n' roll is still alive thanks to not only his fans but also Baz Luhrmann whose latest movie takes us into the King’s world.

17 Juin 2022

biography

U.S. culture

biopic

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Women's Prize for Fiction Winner 2022

Britain’s Women’s Prize for Fiction has been awarded to a book narrated by a book. American-Canadian author Ruth Ozeki’s fourth novel has the philosophical title The Book of Form and Emptiness, perhaps no surprise from an author who combines writing, teaching and being a Zen Buddhist priest. The teenage protagonist Benny finds the Book when he takes refuge in a public library to escape a difficult home life.

17 Juin 2022

literature

British literature

fiction

Your Students Have Talent: To Kill a Mockingbird

It's always lovely to see students' work. Here are some posters 1re LLCER students created to persuade other students to read Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, which they had studied.

17 Juin 2022

To Kill a Mockingbird

Reading Guides

students have talent

Bloomsday 100

In 1922, James Joyce's landmark novel Ulysses was published in Paris, since it wouldn't have passed censorship rules in his native Ireland. Every 16 June, Joyce fans pay homage to the book, which takes place over one day on 16 June, by dressing in period costume and acting out scenes from the novel. Ulysses was published by Sylvia Beach, who owned the Shakespeare and Co bookshop in Paris, so fittingly there are a number of events in the French capital, and at the bookshop for Bloomsday 2022, the centenary year. The book follows Harold Bloom's peregrinations through Dublin, a (then-) modern-day Ulysses on his odyssey. A picnic lunch in period dress will take place at the Irish Cultural Centre from 12.30 to 2.30, with members of the Paris Bloomsbury Group acting out scenes for the picnickers. The group will then move on to Shakespeare and Co from 3 to 6 p.m. to join in a public reading, where anyone who wishes can read a passage. The Princess Grace Irish Library in Monaco will host events for adults and children on the day before Bloomsday, 15 June. From 1.45 p.m. there will be dramatic readings from the book during a walk. At 4 p.m. there will be a reading of Joyce's book Le Chat et le Diable for children. The Irish Foreign Ministry has released this video of people around the world reading from the book in different languages. (Yes, that is Stephen Fry!) https://youtu.be/2-vTpaTcM8I

10 Juin 2022

Ireland

Irish culture

Irish literature

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Queen Elizabeth II Comic Strip Part 2

We promised you a second part to our A1+ worksheet based on a comic-strip telling of Queen Elizabeth II's life. The first worksheet ended with her meeting with Prince Philip in Dartmouth, in the south of England. In Part 2, we follow Elizabeth through the Second World War, marriage and up to her coronation. Your pupils will learn a few basic elements of British history and will at the same time enlarge their grammar and vocabulary in order to be able to write and say a short text about some past and present famous British figures.

09 Juin 2022

WWII

Queen

biography

Lilibet the Queen Episodes 3 to 5

Here are the final three episodes of the comic strip about Queen Elizabeth II's life. [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="http://www.speakeasy-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BD_ANIM_001_LILIBETH_EPISODE3_R.mp4"][/video] [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="http://www.speakeasy-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BD_ANIM_001_LILIBETH_EPISODE4_R.mp4"][/video] [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="http://www.speakeasy-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BD_ANIM_001_LILIBETH_EPISODE5_R.mp4"][/video]