The smog in Lahore, Pakistan, is at its worst level ever, seriously affecting the health of its 13 million residents. People have been told to stay indoors, schools are closed and vehicles have ...

When someone tells you 'that's on you', they're telling you that it's your fault. For more great language tips and programmes visit bbclearningenglish.com. Find a full transcript for this episode ...

Donald Trump has won the US presidential election against current Vice-President Kamala Harris. Many experts expected this election to be one of the closest in recent history. Trump has become the ...

Canterbury Christ Church University is scrapping English literature degrees because of ... in England One disgruntled student told the BBC the decision was a “betrayal to the city of Canterbury”.

More than 100 people have signed a petition calling on Canterbury Christ Church University to reverse its decision to stop offering English literature ... The BBC has approached the university ...

The system of renewing the BBC's royal charter every 10 years is "really odd" and should be scrapped, the broadcaster's chair has said. The charter, drawn up by the government, sets out the terms ...

An expression that means including all your imperfections. Learn it here. Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, where we explain phrases used by fluent English speakers so that you can use ...

Then, after answering 20 minutes of questions in his native Portuguese, Amorim was asked another five or six by the English media. Again, the answers were in Portuguese. Asked by an English TV ...

When we read Little Women through the lens of this “lurid style” we can clearly see “a darker ribbon running through,” ...

A worldwide poetry competition is open to entries for the eighth year running, as part of a city's literature festival. Entries have opened ahead of the Wolverhampton Literature Festival ...

This week the Palestine Festival of Literature, known as Palfest, announced that over 1,000 writers have signed on to a literary boycott of Israel. In a public letter, these writers declared that ...