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In this post we'll do a bit of grammar practice on a special use of the verb 'have', namely the causative have. This structure is used when you want to say that you didn't do something by yourself, but they you've simply arranged (i.e. caused) for someone else to do it for you. It always …
I first learned about the Greek poet Napoleon Lapathiotis (ฮฮฑฯฮฟฮปฮญฮฟฮฝฯฮฑฯ ฮฮฑฯฮฑฮธฮนฯฯฮทฯ) from the 1985 film "Meteor and Shadow" (ฮฮตฯฮญฯฯฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฃฮบฮนฮฌ), starring the wonderful Greek actor Takis Moshos (ฮคฮฌฮบฮทฯ ฮฯฯฯฮฟฯ). The biopic, which was based on authentic documents and excerpts from Lapathiotis' writings, made me want to find out more about this controversial poet. A …
Recently I've shared a bit about one of my special interests - fungi and mushrooms - in the book review of Doug Bierend's book "In Search of Mycotopia: Citizen Science, Fungi Fanatics, and the Untapped Potential of Mushrooms". In this post I'm going to expand on that by giving a few listening tips on the …
Over the past three years, possibly as an unexpected effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns and social distancing, Iโve found myself exploring something Iโd never expressed much interest in: mushrooms. It began innocently enough: as I started taking my solitary nature walks, I also started noticing these silent and elusive creatures of vastly different colour, …
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