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Can I memorise the 2000 most used French verbs? I watched a YouTube video yesterday by a Spanish professor who made assertion the that you both can and should learn languages quickly. He dismissed ideas like immersion and recognisable input. His suggestion was that the most important thing was to learn vocabulary, and learn it

colin
September 25, 2025

William Cobbett died as he had lived – arguing. His final illness didn’t prevent him from dictating angry letters to newspaper editors, and his last recorded words were reportedly complaints about the incompetence of his doctors. It was, in its way, a perfect end to a life spent in perpetual combat with the world.. But

colin
August 25, 2025

For many people even getting elected to Parliament is not enough to make a name. Most MPs who are famous are famous as a result of being elected. Cobbett’s dealings with and in the House are pretty much the least interesting of his activities and among the least successful in a life already well supplied with failures.

colin
August 18, 2025