Voices
How did people keep cool indoors before the invention of air-conditioning? Architect Mehran Gharleghi explains how Iran's architects developed clever strategies to beat the heat.
Four offices providing women in Egypt with legal advice and social support in the face of violence opened yesterday. The British Council's Doaa Hafez looks at the issues and what can be done
Fewer school students in England are choosing to study languages past the age of 16. Kathryn Board and Teresa Tinsley, authors of the Language Trends survey, explain why.
The First World War had a seismic impact around the world. Daniel Steinbach of King's College London explains how the campaign in East Africa has been misremembered.
As the British Council celebrates Mexican literature at the London Book Fair, translator Christina MacSweeney gives an overview.
What skills and personal qualities do you need to successfully apply for the British Council's Future Leaders Scheme? The British Council's Chris Neil explains.
British Council teacher Peter Moran shares his son's story with advice for teachers to help recognise and assist children with autism.
Long before 1960s counter-culture, an indigenous Mexican healer was creating extraordinary poetry under the influence of psychedelic mushrooms. Chloe Aridjis writes about María Sabina.
Why is the ability to read for gist important for many learners of English and how can they develop this skill? Eleni Pappa, a British Council teacher in Greece, provides the answers.
Recent British Council research suggests that East Africa's creative economy is taking off. Journalist Phiona Okumu looks at some of the players emerging out of Uganda.