Contents

In the Picture
First and second homes

Names and News
News and views from around the
English-speaking world

Books and Films
Our recommendations on what to read and watch

Science and Nature
Why are traffic lights red, yellow and green?

Feedback and Proverb
Your letters to Spotlight and a useful proverb

Britain Today
Colin Beaven takes a humorous
look at Britain and the Brits

Iconic Products
Hawaiian shirt: a tropical classic

Foods and Flavours
Corned beef hash - a winter food

Society
Lessons in wartime: studying English in Ukraine

A Day in My Life
Meet Kyran O'Grady, a roof thatcher in Ireland

Looking at Lives
Read our fascinating feature by Julian Earwaker about how Charles Dickens
became a household name and the outspoken conscience of the Victorian age.

Poetry Corner
"These Things Shall Never Die" by Charles Dickens" by Ellen Bass

Peggy's Place
Visit Spotlight's very own London pub

Short Story
"A birthday surprise"

The Lighter Side
Jokes and cartoons

American Life
Ginger Kuenzel on effective grassroots activism

Travel feature
Bestselling author Joanne Harris visits the famous winter festival in Quebec, Canada,
for the first time, finding a place that's filled with beauty and tradition -
and as magical as a crystal snow globe

Around Oz
Peter Flynn on whether the new Australian PM can win back voters' trust

New
Auszeit / Time Out
Our new bilingual column, this time, by Christoph Amend on the cool Queen

The language section

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Weiterführende Informationen

• Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Serie / Reihe: Spotlight

Personen: Sharp, Inez

Leseror. Aufstellung: Englisch

Interessenkreis: Fremdsprachig