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Autumn Festivals Around the World: Celebrating the Autumn Equinox

This Monday, 22 September, was the day when the amount of light and darkness in the day was exactly...

Music and Language: How songs can boost your learning

The British poet and playwright William Shakespeare said “There is nothing in the world so much lik...

My Top 5 Fun Activities for Autumn

September is here, and the sky is once again a clear, deep blue, losing the haze of summer. Now the...

What are My Favourite Quotes and Sayings?

Those who read my previous article, ‘Who has influenced me most in my life?’ or anyone who has take...

Who has influenced me most in my life?

This is a very interesting question. Like most people, I think I have been very influenced by my pa...

Lucky Charms: What Are They?

‘Luck’ is a very interesting concept. Different cultures have different ways of conceptualising ‘lu...

Mountains or Sea? Why Not Choose Both?

I love the sea. When I lived on the south coast of England, I enjoyed swimming in the sea so much t...

Lammas: A Summer Festival of Light

Happy Summer, everyone! Today is a special day in the traditional British calendar. It is the day d...

Holistic Communications Seminar: Thank You for Joining Me!

Hello, Cafetalk community! I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who joined my seminar, ‘...

A Picture that Describes My Summer

Last summer, I went on a huge road trip from my home in southern Spain, across the country of Spai...

Keeping Cool with Permaculture this Summer: part 2 – how to stay cool in the heat of July

In part 1 of this article series I introduced the concept of permaculture and how we can use it to ...

The Best Compliment I Ever Received

Compliments are funny things. In British culture, we generally are not sure how to receive them. Ir...

Celebrating the Summer Solstice: Part 2

Happy Midsummer, everyone! Now is the time of year when there is the most light in the day. In anci...

Popular candies from Spain: Turrón

Are you nuts about nuts? What kind of nuts do you like to eat? Spain, where I live, is the second l...

Celebrating the Summer Solstice: part 1

In the Northern hemisphere, the days are getting longer and longer, as we come towards the longest ...

Exploring the Galaxy: Reading at the Beach

I love the sea. I love the smell of salt on the air, the beautiful language of the waves, the feeli...

Keeping Cool with Permaculture this Summer

Here in southern Spain, many people describe the summer months of July and August as like ‘being in...

Haiku as a Communication Tool

Haiku is a form of poetry with strict rules about the number of syllables per line. It has a number...

Tears of Joy with my Son

Being a parent is a journey. Nearly every day there seems to be something to cause stress, some kin...

Language in my Morning Routine

Like many Cafetalk users, I am currently studying another language: Spanish. Unfortunately, I do no...

A Morning Routine: Dance Yourself Awake

Perhaps when you first wake up in the morning, the last thing you feel like doing is dancing. Your ...

Seasonal Recipe: Savoury Strawberries

It is springtime and in my garden there are many delicious, red, sweet, juicy fruits. Yes, it is st...

Understanding Peace

Do you sometimes argue with your partner, friends or family members?Do you worry about world confli...

Seasonal Recipe: Hawthorn Cordial

Seasonal Recipe: Hawthorn Cordial It’s May, the month which has a flower named after it in British ...

A Spring Festival: Beltane or May Day

As we explored in my previous column, ‘Spring Festivals: Why do we celebrate them?’  , in the tradi...

Spring Festivals: Why do we celebrate them?

In many countries, especially in the Northern Hemisphere, there is a public holiday at the beginnin...

Wizards, Rabbits and Wardrobes – a quick look at English children’s literature

When you first meet someone and they want to ‘break the ice’, do you look around to see where the i...

Where do English words come from? (part 2)

In part 1 of this article series, we looked at some examples of words which we use in the English l...

Where do English words come from? (part 1)

  An interesting thing about the English language is that it is constantly evolving. English is an...

Shakespeare and Saint George

Today is April 23rd, an important day in British culture. Many people still celebrate Saint George’...