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There's a Sake Train Running Through Japan — and It's Just as Cool as You Think The three-hour sightseeing train travels through Niigata Prefecture's most stunning landscapes, with sake pairings on board.

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The BOAC Flight 911 Memorial In the next of my series of posts about memorialisation sites I have visited (see also The Tōya-maru sinking and The JL350 memorial), I’m writing about my visit to the BOAC Flight 911 Memoria…

The BOAC Flight 911 Memorial hoodcp.wordpress.com/2020/03/23/t...

The ancient US discovery predating the pyramids A series of millennia-old canoes are being unearthed from the bottom of a lake in Wisconsin, spurring a renewed interest in Indigenous culture.

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‘I want to come back, to win gold’: banned Ukrainian determined to race for glory in helmet of memory On the eve of the fourth anniversary since Russia invaded Ukraine, Vladyslav Heraskevych tells Sean Ingle he has no regrets about sacrificing his Winter Olympic dreams in Milano Cortina

Already a champion, Ukraine's poppy www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

Jeremy Vine loves him, motorists hate him. Is this man London’s most controversial cyclist? How Cycling Mikey's quest for road safety divided London

We need this approach in Japan! Cops on their favourite blind corners collecting bonus fines for not stopping at daftly placed white lines a joke... www.the-londoner.co.uk/jeremy-vine-...

Telling your students to "Go Away!" #ELT #blogging #languageschool #matsumoto #Cambridge #assessment #younglearners #A2Key #B1Preliminary #B2First #teachertraining #extensivereading

My thoughts on not 'doing' Halloween in Japan as a teacher, but respecting a Japanese traditional festval 'setsubun' instead. lunainternational.blogspot.com/2026/02/tell...

‘We need a helicopter to go find them’: 13-year-old’s triple zero call to save family stranded off WA coast revealed Austin Appelbee told authorities he was ‘really scared’ after swimming 4km in rough seas to get help for mum and two siblings

The kid's a legend www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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‘It’s ridiculous’: publicans bemused by rise of single-file queues to get served Bar owners say they struggle to dissuade people from forming a line as behavioural experts point to post-pandemic ‘new norms’

Two pints of lager & a packet of crisps!
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A potentially habitable new planet has been discovered 146 light-years away – but it may be -70C The Earth-size planet HD 137010 b has a ‘50% chance of residing in the habitable zone’ of its sun-like star, scientists say

How old will I be when I get there?! And, how cold?https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/29/a-potentially-habitable-new-planet-has-been-discovered-146-light-years-awfrom-earth-but-it-may-be--70c?CMP=share_btn_url

Cambridge Speaking Examiner Training in Tokyo. | Keiko Ohashi 🎉 Welcome to our 2026 Speaking Examiner Group! 🎉 If you're a teacher passionate about language education and assessment, this is a great opportunity to get involved with Cambridge English exams and j...

Delighted to share this announcement from Cambridge Centre Kawaijuku (JP026) about upcoming #speakingexaminer training in Tokyo, for #kanto based English language teachers #A2 & #B1 levels www.linkedin.com/posts/keiko-...

'Hullo, hillo, holla': The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello' It's 200 years since the word "hello" was first used in print - though its roots date back to the 15th Century. How has the language of greetings evolved - and what does it tell us?

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‘A nasty little song, really rather evil’: how Every Breath You Take tore Sting and the Police apart Sting and his former bandmates go to the high court over a royalties dispute this week – the latest chapter in the song’s remarkably fractious story

Call the cops! www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

2026 Asia Talks with Oxford - Pre-primary English: How to do it well Welcome to Asia Talks with Oxford! These live online events run throughout the year and are open to anyone interested in English Language Teaching and learning more about Oxford and our products. In ...

I'm going to be 'sharing my experience' as a kindy teacher on Jan 28th with OUP in a free webinar. Here are the sign up details - come & join the fun!

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Hero or brutal tyrant? The controversy over 16th-Century explorer Magellan An acclaimed new film dramatises the pioneering voyage of the world-famous Portuguese navigator – a trailblazer who has been accused of "incontinent bloodlust".

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All you need to know about the International Space Station's 25 years in orbit The International Space Station (ISS) is humanity's most expensive object and has been in orbit for 25 years. Read its fascinating history, told in 25 numbers.

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'It's a moment of death and rebirth': The ancient monuments saluting the winter solstice Dozens of mysterious structures across the Northern Hemisphere – some nearly 5,000 years old – align precisely to frame the rising and setting Sun on midwinter's shortest day.

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Can we save travel's most beloved tradition? Digital communication and social media let us stay in instant touch when we travel, but snail-mailed postcards are still uniting travellers.

Absent students’ homework at @lunainternational.bsky.social has always been ‘send us a postcard’ ~ all on our blog & digital solution = true note app

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Hundreds of sharks filmed in bait fish feeding frenzy near Byron Bay Dramatic scenes in the water prompt warnings to swimmers and snorkelers at one of Australia’s most popular holiday destinations

Even Aussie sharks can score a century!
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The undersea mountains where sharks rule Under the surface of the ocean, "constellations" of towering subsea mountains dot the Earth – and they are teeming with sharks.

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‘It would take 11 seconds to hit the ground’: the roughneck daredevils who built the Empire State Building They wrestled steel beams, hung off giant hooks and tossed red hot rivets – all while ‘strolling on the thin edge of nothingness’. Now the 3,000 unsung heroes who raised the famous skyscraper are fina...

The photos make me flinch! And I've been up the Empire State Building - view was a bit different in 1985!

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Fall and redemption of Becker and Wiggins shows sporting glory does not deliver purpose or meaning | Cath Bishop Books by former champions demonstrate powerfully that we should not accept abuse and suffering as ‘the price of winning’. Sport must do more

#BradleyWiggins an absolute hero of mine & I applaud his redemption massively www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...

Richard Sharp obituary Rugby union fly-half who captained England to a Five Nations championship title in the freezing winter of 1963

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Commonwealth War Cemetery, Yokohama Explore this photo album by Jim George on Flickr!

A long overdue visit to pay my respects > Commonwealth War Cemetery, Yokohama #flickr flic.kr/s/aHBqjCAbNN #lestweforget #remembrance #commonwealthwargraves #Prisonersofwar #japan

Looking 4wd to Keiko Ohashi's presentation @JALTConference Sat 1:55 in Rm402 "English Exams & Admissions: Trends from the Frontlines" Data driven analysis to shape the future of #speakingassessment #CEFR #CambridgeAssessment #JALT #Tokyo

From Steel City to Cottonopolis: a new walking trail through a post-industrial Peak District The nostalgic Steel Cotton Rail Trail between Sheffield and Manchester has 14 day-length sections, with walks for urban explorers and summit-bagging hikers alike

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Sumo's coming home...https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct/15/sumo-stars-balance-power-intricacy-and-spectacle-at-london-showcase?CMP=share_btn_url

‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen wi...

A laureat who didn't want to be
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... #malala #nobel #laureat

Make your own game, kiddo! #ELT #blogging #languageschool #matsumoto #Cambridge #assessment #younglearners #A2Key #B1Preliminary #B2First #teachertraining #extensivereading

Luna students' room: Make your own game, kiddo! lunainternational.blogspot.com/2025/10/make...

'No one had the slightest idea what the book was about': Why The Great Gatsby is the world's most misunderstood novel F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is synonymous with glitz and glamour but this is just one of many myths that have surrounded the book since its first publication in April 1925.

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