Tag: history

• 10 brilliant books on words we should all be reading

  

  📚 My passion for language is never-ending and nowhere is this clearer than on my bookshelves 🤓 Here are 6 books on words that I’ve read and loved this year, and 4 that are on my “read next” list.

  Lucy

  December 19, 2023

  culture, French, learning strategies, more languages, Spanish

  a brief history of the spanish language, amanda montell, books, books about feminist language, books about language, books about misogyny in english, books about the history of language, cultish, culture, education, empires of the word, favourite books on words, French, history, language, languages, learning strategies, me talk pretty one day, more languages, mother tongue the surprising history of womens words, my grammar and i, Spanish, the etymologicon, the unfolding of language the evolution of mankinds greatest invention, wordslut

• Want to get to know a country? Read the street art: 17 things I learnt from graffiti in Argentina and Brazil

  

  You learn a lot about the history and the mindset of a people when you pay attention to their “unofficial” messages. Start with street art.

  Lucy

  June 28, 2023

  Portuguese, Spanish, travel, travel-study-live abroad

  abortion, argentina, brazil, buenos aires, cidade invisivel, cristina fernandez de kirchner, culture, femicide, feminicidade, flor gomez, florianopolis, get to know a country whilst on holiday, history, how to learn more about a country, la penha drink, marielle franco, montevideo, panmela castro, peronismo, Portuguese, praia dos ossos, rio de janeiro, santa teresa, Spanish, street art