BBC Learning English Weekender Ethical Travel Yvonne:This weekend, thousands and thousands of people will travel to countries across the world.And in Britain alone, about 60 million people take a holiday abroad each year!But forget the tourists and...
BBC Learning English Weekender Mexicans and Economies Yvonne:Hello, this is bbclearningenglish.com - Im Yvonne Archer! Now terms like the black economy and indirect taxes shout business, but how do they connect to ordinary people?Well find that out...
BBC Learning English Weekender Shappi Korsandi Stand up Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. The Edinburgh International festival is a month-long arts and cultural festival held in August in Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh. A...
BBC Learning English Weekender Internet Shopping Jo:Youre listening to Weekender from bbclearningenglish.com. Im Jo Reffin and today were talking about shopping but the kind of shopping where you can buy almost anything without even leaving your hou...
BBC Learning English Weekender Carbon Neutral Al Gore Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. Al Gore was the vice president of the United States under Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. He very nearly became the President in a contro...
BBC Learning English Weekender Poles in the media Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. One of the largest groups of new migrants to Britain are Poles. In 2004 Poland entered the European Union which gave Polish people much great...
BBC Learning English Weekender Individuals in the news Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson. When you look around the news websites today or read newspapers there are many global stories. Often these stories are about conflict, disaster and tragedy an...
BBC Learning English Weekender Young Nigerians powerful new novel Amber:Hello, I'm Amber, and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. Today, we listen to an interview with the young Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, about her powerful new...
BBC Learning English A True Mancunian Callum:Hello I'm Callum Robertson and welcome to this programme which we've called 'A True Mancunian'. Now, what is a Mancunian, well a Mancunian is a word for someone who comes from the city of Manchester and i...
BBC Learning English Weekender The Housewife Yvonne:Hello, I'm Yvonne Archer and this is Weekender from bbclearningenglish.com! Today, womens lives around the world are often very different from the lives of their grandmothers or even their mothers....