Have you ever said to yourself that you’ll start that assignment, apply for that internship or go for that run… once you feel you have the motivation? The problem with this is that – like willpower – each of us has a finite source of motivation and we tend...
Bad grades can be the bane of the hardworking pupil. Sometimes, they materialise as if from nowhere, despite you putting in all the hours to clinch yourself a result you can be proud of. Pupils have had a rough time of it for a while now when it comes to grades, and...
Learning a new language can be a fantastic way of training your brain. Yet the idea of learning a new language, especially when you’re learning it from the beginning, seems anything but simple. You will have to pick up new grammar, memorise vocabulary and...
America’s new Biden administration moved to put anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman on the American $20 bill last month, after Donald Trump previously delayed the decision, branding it ‘pure political correctness’. This is a remarkable step in the right...
Who Was Samuel Pepys? Samuel Pepys (pronounced ‘Peeps’) was a British public servant, naval admiral and later MP, who was born to tailor John Pepys and his wife Margaret, on Fleet Street, London in February 1633. In 1642, when Samuel was nine years-old, the English...
Edgar Allan Poe, born January 19th 1809, was one of the most influential American writers of the nineteenth century. He was a renowned critic, writer, poet, and editor, famous for his dark and mysterious writing style. Here is a list of reasons why we keep going back...
