A lecture on what maps leave out
A university lecturer argues that every map is a set of choices and that the blank spaces tell us as much as the drawn lines.
13 questions · 30 min
C2 Listening Practice
Listen to conversations, announcements and talks, then answer questions to check your understanding.
5 lessons
A panel debate on faithful translation
Two translators with opposite instincts argue, wittily and without much mercy, about whether a translation should stay faithful or read fluently.
14 questions · 30 min
An interview with a novelist about a second book
A radio interviewer questions a novelist whose first book was a surprise success, and his dry answers reveal more than he says outright.
14 questions · 30 min
A lecture on how railways standardised the clock
A historian explains how railway timetables forced towns to give up local sun time, and what that change quietly cost.
14 questions · 30 min
A panel on restoring old buildings honestly
A conservator and an architect disagree over whether a heavily repaired building is still the original, and how visible repairs should be.
14 questions · 30 min
Original scripts read by open-source text-to-speech voices. Levels are suggestions.