by Robin Bennett | Jan 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
1992-2022 At 23 years of age, I sat down at my new desk, in my new office to start my first venture. It was 8th January 1992: I had a £3K bank loan, a beaten up green moped for essential transport and a mobile phone the size of my forearm. By 8th Feb I had approx 40...
by Robin Bennett | Feb 19, 2021 | Languages, Opinion
This year’s International Mother Language Day will be held on Sunday 21st February. First celebrated in 2000, this internationally recognised UNESCO event aims to celebrate and protect all of the world’s languages. Recognising the benefits that languages and...
by Robin Bennett | Sep 14, 2020 | Languages, Opinion, Translation
Here is a list of our favourite language apps in 2020 (feel free to suggest any you love): Grammarly (Chrome extension or keyboard addition) – Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant which checks your spelling and grammar across documents, emails and social...
by Robin Bennett | Aug 18, 2020 | Languages, Opinion, Translation
A sure-fire investment for the future I’m 52 years old today (… why thank you – it’s all that clean living) but, I can still recall the classroom dust motes, the smell of polish and wood, and the pain and anguish, 40 odd years ago, as I sat there, utterly baffled by...
by Robin Bennett | Jun 30, 2020 | Opinion
Stories that politely pretend that everything is perfectly normal when it’s clearly not. In 2015, I spent an enjoyable summer with an excellent production company (Warpline Films), quietly pottering about the British Isles making a documentary on British Fantasy...
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