Au sommaire de Vocable Anglais

Grand angle - Housing migrants on a boat

1. This giant barge that will be used to house asylum seekers off the Dorset coast, has arrived in UK ...

On parle d'eux

1.~Jennifer Bonjean American lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean, was recently hired by Harvey Weinstein to appeal his conviction in a Los Angeles ...

Like America, the Sunshine State also rises

1. Continental America’s southernmost state was once a peripheral destination for a few tourists and sun-seekers. Today it is crucial ...

Focus

1.~Florida fact sheet Florida is located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordered by Alabama and Georgia ...

De Santis's plan to turn America into Florida

1. The title of Governor Ron DeSantis’s book is less important than the subtitle. The Courage to Be Free is a ...

Sur le vif

1.~Le chiffre du mois 7 Patients in England will be able to get prescription medicines for seven common health conditions ...

The growing no - and low- alcohol drinks sector

1. On any given weeknight, you might find Heidi Dillon hopping around Manhattan or San Francisco, ducking into bars and ...

How Please Stopped Being Polite

1. Growing up in a strict household, I was taught to honor etiquette; I still call my elders “sir” and ...

In a growing India, some struggle to prove they are Indians

1. Krishna Biswas is scared. Unable to prove his Indian citizenship, he is at risk of being sent to a ...

Au cœur de l’Histoire : la Convention de règlement relative aux pensionnats indiens

1. What was the Indian residential school system? The Indian residential school system was a network of boarding schools ...

À 360°

1.~Tea pickers in Bangladesh hit by leprosy According to the Leprosy Mission, the vast tea plantations of Sylhet in the north-east of ...

A deepening crisis in Scotland's ruling party

1. When Nicola Sturgeon suddenly announced her resignation as leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and first minister of Scotland ...

Can high-rise buildings solve London’s housing problems?

1. Britain badly needs more homes. In the past two decades its population has grown by nearly 8m; another 2m ...

New technique could help diagnose Parkinson's early

1. Scientists have developed a new technique that could help diagnose Parkinson’s disease before symptoms show, and speed up the ...

How to build a robot arm that can flex in the moon's frigid south pole

1. Extreme cold is merciless on machinery. Fluids thicken to useless goo. Rubber seals stiffen and crack. The problems pile ...

Plume à la loupe : Douglas Kennedy

1.~Biography 1955: Douglas Kennedy was born on New Year’s Day in Manhattan 1972: Kennedy graduated from high school ...

How UK music festivals are planning for freak weather

1. Wellies and sun hats are the traditional first guard against the elements at festivals, but this summer they may ...

'Carmen' shows the true potential of a dance feature film

1. Dance, commonly relegated to the background, is the main character in Carmen. Choreographer and former ballet dancer Benjamin Millepied ...

Zoom sur Octavia Butler

1.~Escaping reality Octavia Estelle Butler was born on June 22, 1947, in Pasadena, California, the only child of a domestic ...

Les échos

1.~A seismic concert Move aside Metallica and Led Zeppelin: scientists made “rock” music by letting seismic activity headline in a ...

How Harry Belafonte Transformed American Music

1. In 1956, something totally unprecedented happened in America: A Black artist topped the Billboard top-albums chart, not just once ...

Carnet de voyage : L'île de Wight

1. Location and landscape The Isle of Wight is the largest island off the coast of England. It is separated ...

Le dessin

1.~Joe Biden running again The cartoon features a pun on the definition of “running”. Joe Biden recently announced he ...

La recette en V.O. : Sloppy Joe

1.~Ingredients (6 servings) 1 pound lean ground beef ¼ cup chopped onion ¼ cup chopped green bell pepper ¾ cup ketchup, or to taste 1 tablespoon brown sugar, or ...