The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee- What is it and what is happening?
You may be hearing a lot of people talking recently about the upcoming Queen’s Jubilee but what is it? 2022 is a historical year for the UK as this weekend we will be celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee! From the 2nd – 5th June there…
4 Reasons London Still Has Opportunities For You
Wow! These last two years have been a whirlwind right? What a crazy, crazy world we live in. The world has completely changed, travel has completely changed and our opportunities might have seemed to have changed a little too. Every country has seen the effects…
5 Things We Learnt about Wales on Our Van Trip
If you were following us on Instagram last month, you would have seen us (the Media team) on our jolly holidays travelling around Wales and exposing some of the curiosities and travelling hot spots of this small UK country. Our aim was to show you,…
Fancy a haircut in London, anyone?
Now, I am sure that you have heard of ‘Jack the Ripper’, one of the most famous serial killers in Victorian London. ‘The Ripper’ remains to this day a fascinating enigma for many people because we are still unsure who the actual character was. Historians…
5 British expressions you will learn only by studying in the UK
By Jake Smith A well-known fact is that American English and British English often have their differences. Put a Yank (United States citizen) and a Brit in the same room and they will, of course, understand each other perfectly apart from the occasional argument about…
Did you know? – A “bloody” fact about the Queen!
Most people in the English-speaking world have heard about Dracula but did you know that part of the British Royal Family, the Queen, Prince’s Charles, William, and Harry, can trace part of their heritage back to the man whom we know as Dracula? Now, as…