English Language Etiquette for Russians

TEACHING YOU THE LANGUAGE THE LANGUAGE SCHOOLS DON'T TEACH, AND GIVING YOU THE EXAMPLES THE EXEMPLARY SCHOOLS DON'T GIVE

29 March 2025

China is coming after you

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  A new analysis of President Xi’s political approach ought to send serious alarm bells ringing all round the world. This book, by Australia...
22 January 2025

A quiet film about saweed - ideal for meditating

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A beautiful film about the fish and seaweed which live beneath the harbour in Campbeltown, on the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland. You can see thi...
17 January 2025

Alexander von Humboldt - man of the moment (or should be)

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 A new biography of one of the most interesting scientists of the late eighteenth-early nineteenth centuries – when we know so LITTLE about ...
03 January 2025

A poet in Paradise - soon to be destroyed by windfarms

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  An article about a very interesting man, the local historian of Campbeltown. He made one area of Scotland interesting for all by his descr...
13 December 2024

A lovely film about a dreamy place on the west coast of Scotland

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 A short film about a secret hideaway where magical things happen and fine malt whisky has been known to be consumed: https://www.youtube.co...
10 December 2024

Thhe climate warming scientist who once wrote about "a new ice age"

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  This article describes a revealing book by a famous climate crisis promoter, Stephen Schneider (joint part winner of 2007 Nobel Peace Priz...
15 November 2024

Who really is JD Vance, Donald Trump's Vice-President to be?

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 We know so little about this guy, yet he could well be President in four years' time. There are all sorts of conspiracy theories, but r...
09 November 2024

The wickedness of windfarms among the beautiful hills of Scotland - particular on the Mull of Kintyre

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  Kintyre is being covered with windfarms, some as much as an eighth of a mile high! Paul McCartney (who sings on this film) would be turnin...
23 October 2024

The lies of the "green" agenda and the real reason why governments tell them

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  As the Scottish government tries to destroy the countryside by covering it in vast windmills, you might like to consider the wider implica...
07 October 2024

How Soviet dissidents carried on while the state was trying to carry them off - to psychiatric prisons. They were brave people!

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  As Britain heads into its “late Soviet period” under Starmer and the rump SNP, a brilliant new book has been published showing how the Rus...
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Ian Mitchell
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I am a writer, journalist, broadcaster and editor, living in Russia. I have written four books and I now publish this blog, which aims to help Russians master the difficult art of writing fluently in English. You can contact me at: language.etiquette@gmail.com Enjoy!
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