With mid-term elections coming up in the USA, fake news and scare stories designed to influence voters abound. Immigration is always a hot topic, and the mere suggestion that someone might be in America to ‘take advantage’ is enough to get people of a certain political persuasion foaming at the

Learning a foreign language is seriously tough, it takes patience, dedication and courage and anyone who has been able to do it deserves respect. Can you imagine then, conversing with others in their language, and instead of appreciating your efforts they decide to mock your accent instead? 24

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Language and identity are firmly back in the headlines lately, after video footage of an aggressive man berating Spanish speakers in a New York deli became a major talking point. “They should be speaking English, because this is America!” he ranted, despite there being no law or constitutional

What do you call your partner – darling, sweetheart, babe? Turns out, there are many more inventive terms of endearment used around the world, including ‘egg with eyes’, ‘my little cabbage’ and ‘cute nose’. So we decided to illustrate some of our faves. My Little Chicken – Arabic My Gold Nugget –