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Do you know how to tie a tie? In this video Charles teaches us how to tie a Windsor knot. 

Video zone
clothes and fashion
Language level
B2 Upper intermediate
C1 Advanced
C2 Proficiency
Average: 5 (5 votes)

Learning how to chop an onion is really, really useful. You'll probably chop hundreds, if not thousands, of onions in your life. So, learn how to do it really well with this video.  

Video zone
food and drink
Language level
B2 Upper intermediate
C1 Advanced
C2 Proficiency
Average: 4.3 (3 votes)

Would you like to stay in a hotel made out of salt? Watch this video to find out more about this unusual hotel in Bolivia. 

Video zone
travel and transport
Language level
B2 Upper intermediate
C1 Advanced
C2 Proficiency
Average: 4.9 (9 votes)

The story of English starts more than a thousand years ago. Richard goes to the British Library to hear – and see – how the language has changed over the years.

Britain is GREAT
Language level
B2 Upper intermediate
C1 Advanced
C2 Proficiency
Average: 4.6 (5 votes)

Richard finds out about all the different kinds of English and talks to some of the hundreds of thousands of students who come to Great Britain to learn English every year.

Britain is GREAT
Language level
B2 Upper intermediate
C1 Advanced
C2 Proficiency
Average: 3.3 (4 votes)

Shakespeare, Dickens and more... Britain's literary history is world class, and Richard speaks to experts about some of the country's greatest writers.

Britain is GREAT
Language level
B2 Upper intermediate
C1 Advanced
C2 Proficiency
Average: 5 (1 vote)

Modern-day authors cast their own spells, too, and Richard visits a very magical place to find out about contemporary English writers.

Britain is GREAT
books and literature
Language level
B2 Upper intermediate
C1 Advanced
C2 Proficiency
Average: 5 (1 vote)

Whatever your taste, Britain is home to some of the greatest sports – and sporting venues – in the world. Watch the video and go behind the scenes at Silverstone Circuit, home of F1, and Wembley Stadium, temple of football!

Britain is GREAT
sport and exercise
Language level
B2 Upper intermediate
C1 Advanced
C2 Proficiency
Average: 4 (2 votes)

Messing about in boats is a British obsession. Richard visits Portland and Weymouth's Olympic harbour and finds out if he's got what it takes to win a medal on the water.

Britain is GREAT
sport and exercise
Language level
B2 Upper intermediate
C1 Advanced
C2 Proficiency
Average: 5 (1 vote)

You might not think of Britain as a tropical country, but at the Eden Project they have their very own rainforest! Richard learns about the centre's cutting-edge work in research and education, and pretends to be a bat for one of the world's rarest plants.

Britain is GREAT
environment and nature
Language level
B2 Upper intermediate
C1 Advanced
C2 Proficiency
Average: 3 (3 votes)

Richard is blown away by the cutting edge of green technology, and sees how London's Olympic Stadium wins gold in the green Games.

Britain is GREAT
environment and nature
Language level
B2 Upper intermediate
C1 Advanced
C2 Proficiency
Average: 4 (1 vote)

Richard goes to one of the world's greatest universities: Oxford. He discovers some of its history and hears about its famous students.

Britain is GREAT
Language level
B2 Upper intermediate
C1 Advanced
C2 Proficiency
Average: 4.8 (5 votes)