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- I’ve got some important news for you… - And you’d better pay attention, because I was doing some research recently, and it turns [...]
- In a previous life, I was a musician. And the piano was my weapon of choice. - I was very serious about music for [...]
- Back in the dizzy days of 2011, I was living in Japan, teaching English. - It was the start of term, and I [...]
- I’m about to make enemies of half the planet with this one… - Let’s see how it goes… - There were four of [...]
- Welcome back to the Rules of Language Learning… - Rule number 7, ladies and gentlemen, will quite literally blow your head off. - [...]
- What exactly is the Olly Richards school of cooking? - And what on Earth does that have to do with language learning? - [...]
- In my early days of language learning, I had a very close friend – a Spanish speaker called Tomás. - He was – [...]
- Imagine that you want to learn a new musical instrument. - The piano, say. - So you find a teacher and head to [...]
- In years gone by, when I first started learning languages… - In the “olden days” you might call it… - I used to [...]
- It’s my belief that the internet is making us dumber. - That’s right, the internet – that treasure trove of knowledge at your [...]
- Let me ask you a very important question… - Would you take business advice from someone who’s stinking rich? - You would? Ok [...]
- So you believe in the power of reading for learning a new language? - Good. - But you may have run into a [...]
- Earlier this year, I was lucky enough to release a series of language learning books: Short Stories for Beginners, in six languages. - [...]