My languages
Adjectives that earn their place
Precise words to replace big, cold, nice and good in an essay. Each one shows what it means, the weak word it replaces, and a sentence you can copy.
English books
My road to autumn 2028
Twelve subjects I want to have tasted, the lectures I can walk into for free, and the work I want to do with it.
Exploring the world, one country at a time
Culture, faith, history and the writers every educated person there knows — and the capitals of the world.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons — Taj Mahal, Ahsan Manzil, Badshahi Mosque, the Great Wall at Jinshanling, Mount Fuji from Ōwakudani, Gwanghwamun at Gyeongbokgung, and NASA’s Blue Marble. Map tiles © Esri.
Sites
The places I go to practise English, sorted by what they train. Each one opens in a new tab.
Deadlines
What is open now, what comes round again, and when. ⚠️ Dates move every year — the ones marked check are worth opening today.
Songs and poems
Read it, hear it line by line, then say it back. The poems are here in full; the two songs are study notes, because their words still belong to somebody.
People who did it here
Not the headlines — the actual sequence. What they studied, what they built before anyone noticed, and how long it took.