London Secrets

Hitchcock Leytonstone London Underground Mosaics - The Skin Game, originally uploaded by Annie Mole.

If you're going to London soon check out this Guardian guide by top London bloggers and discover some "secret" places in the city.

How to REALLY learn English

Knightwise is a Belgian geek and media producer. He also speaks great English. In a video conversation on seesmic I asked if he could share English learning experiences. This video is his reply. Take note because Knightwise explains his secrets and serves as an ispiration to language learners everywhere.

Video conversations

Banannieannnie asks "What is the future of video conversation?"

testing Britannica

Podcasting in Plain English - subtitled version

Here is the English subtitled version of the excellent Podcasting in Plain English from Common Craft

Click here for a transcription

Podcasting in Plain English

Another excellent video from Common Craft

Camembert Wars!

The Guardian reports on the Camembert War taking place in France here

Leek fritters from Good Food

Evan Kleinman from KCRW's Good Food programme shows us how to make leek fritters.

Pink Politics

The Guardian reports on "The Pink Cabinet" here

The Great Village #1: About Ground Zero

The Great Village #1: About Ground Zero from Seesmic

Design and the Elastic Mind

Cool Hunting go behind the scenes at the MoMA exhibition

Farmers Market with White On Rice Couple

Join Todd and Diane from White On Rice Couple on a visit to a California Farmers Market.

Seesmic for English learners

Dave Shannon helps Ruby with her English at Seesmic

Nouns, verbs, pronouns, tenses, prepositions etc

Sarah from the Daily English Show deconstructs a simple sentence.

Typography explained

Typographics - another great video from Vancouver Film Shcool

The future of work

Read it here

Tales From the Big Trip - Fish Wharf, Washington D.C

Tales from the Big Trip | The Fish Wharf | Washington D.C. from Cali Lewis on Vimeo.

Tsunami Video

Tsunami Infographic from Shal on Vimeo.

What is Twitter?

Another fine video from commoncraft which explains all about the "micro-blogging" platform Twitter

Spanish election debate?

The Guardian reports on the TV debate here

Tales from the Big Trip

Tales from the Big Trip | Mozzarella Co. | Dallas, Texas from Cali Lewis on Vimeo.

Cali Lewis shows us how they're making cheese in Texas...

How to write better in English

Finnish blogger Jarkko Laine has some great ideas on how to write better in English. Check them out here

Hands off those privates

John Hooper reports on how Italian men have been ordered to keep their hands to themselves. Read all about it here

How to listen to podcasts

Listening to podcasts is a great way to tune your ear to a language. Apple have made a video that shows how to get podcasts in iTunes for pc or mac. Watch here

Hooligans in Spain

The BBC is reporting about violence at a football match in Spain here

All aboard the chocolate train

The Guardian reports on the slow train across Cuba here

Fight global warming

Watch the Earth Hour video and then sign up here to add your voice to the campaign

75 years since Hitler took power

There's a fascinating article by Ian Kershaw at Spiegel Online about "how Hitler won over the German people". Read it here.

The Ikea Game

Photo by Hokkey

The Guardian explain a fun game here

How does RSS work?

A great video from the folks at Common Craft which explains all about RSS