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  • The Mask of Zorro Director: Martin Campbell Release date: 1998 Plot summary: As California is freed from the Spanish in 1821, the legendary Zorro (aka don Diego de la Vega) is captured, his wife is killed and his daughter taken by his ennemy to be raised as his own. 20 years later, de la Vega...

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  • Since last year, I've been helping a family friend (in highschool), whom I will call "the Royal Shrimp" [her choice of pseudonyme]  improve her English. This year, I helped her mostly with her "final tasks", a special homework that English teachers ask their pupils to do at the end of a thematic...

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  • First things first, no, "An bhfuil Gaelige agat?" doesn't mean "The Gaelic Revival" in Irish... Is litterally means "Is there Irish with you?", which then means "Do you speak Irish?" => . During this semester, I took a seminar about Ireland and did an oral presentation about the Gaelic Revival. I...

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  • Was Brexit really unexpected and unprecedented? (written for a History seminar during my 1st year in the Master of English studies)         On Thursday, 23 rd June, 2016, a referendum was held in the United Kingdom, as to wether it should leave the European Union or remain part of it. 51,9%...

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  • It has recently dawned upon me (as well as my colleague Marie ) that if you are looking for real life Game of Thrones material, you should look into the story of Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. You would then find most of the main themes of the Game of Thrones saga displayed to some extent. For...

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