A Summer of Romanticism and Costume Drama on ARTE

Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 16 June 2023 > Shine Bright Lycée What's On

As we swelter in unseasonable heat, what better prospect than a summer spent watching rainy British costume dramas? ARTE has a great season lined up called “English Passions” with lots of Jane Austen, Jane Eyre and the reboot of the series that inspired Downton Abbey. Settle back with a cup of tea and enjoy! You … Continue reading “A Summer of Romanticism and Costume Drama on ARTE”

Free Films in Dinard

Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 22 September 2021 > What's On

The Deauville British Film festival proper stars on 29 September, but if you can’t wait, there are three free showings of British films on 26-28 September. The Dinard fait son cinéma showings are: Downton Abbey 26 September at 5.30 p.m. Rocketman, the biopic of singer Elton John, Monday 27 September at 8.30 p.m. (Photo above.) … Continue reading “Free Films in Dinard”

Your Students Have More Talent: Masters and Servants

Posted by Speakeasy News > Tuesday 04 May 2021 > Pedagogy Shine Bright Lycée

Your students seem particularly inspired by the final task in a sequence from Shine Bright Terminale:  File 4 Masters and Servants: writing a diary entry for one of the household of an aristocratic British home. This is the second set of entries we’re publishing.   In this sequence,  in Axe 2 Private Space and Public Space, … Continue reading “Your Students Have More Talent: Masters and Servants”

Your Students Have Talent: Masters and Servants

Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 17 February 2021 > Pedagogy Shine Bright Lycée

It’s always lovely to see students’ work. Here are some diary entries pupils wrote as their final task in a sequence from Shine Bright Terminale:  File 4 Masters and Servants. In this sequence,  in Axe 2 Private Space and Public Space, students considered to what extent private and public spaces are codified by British society. … Continue reading “Your Students Have Talent: Masters and Servants”

Downton Abbey

Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 20 September 2019 > Ready to Use

This document aims to allow you to work on the trailer of the upcoming movie Downton Abbey at a B1 level. Downton Abbey was originally a British historical period drama television series that aired from 2010 to 2015. It was set as a fiction based in a historical landscape between 1912 and 1926, in the … Continue reading “Downton Abbey”

Downton is Back

Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 20 September 2019 > What's On

Britain’s favourite aristocratic household is back — this time on the big screen. Downton Abbey is a flurry of activity in preparation for a royal visit. Downton Abbey is one of the most popular British TV series worldwide. The series, which first ran from 2010 to 2015, is set in post-Edwardian England and explores the … Continue reading “Downton is Back”