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The virally infectious ‘meme’
Posted by Jessi, 04/04/2012
Last modified by Jessi, 04/04/2012
The latest craze to sweep facebook, blogs and inboxes is the phenomenon of memes. Pronounced ‘meem’, these tasty bytes are pictures overlaid with bold white text portraying a sarcastic, ironic or...
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A Taste of German Cinema
Posted by Jessi, 18/03/2012
Last modified by Jessi, 18/03/2012
This January students were lucky enough to see the charming and quirky Almanya: Welcome to Germany at the Institut Français. Released in 2011, this award-winning comedy follows three generations of...
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Best dressed at Karneval
Posted by Jessica Salmon, 24/02/2012
Last modified by Jessica Salmon, 24/02/2012
Last week I visited Solingen, a town in Nordrhein-Westfalen, for an exchange and luckily I was there for Karneval season. Cologne and Düsseldorf are the cities that are most renowned for...
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Deutsch-Britisches Schülerforum ist online!
Posted by Katha, 03/02/2012
Last modified by Katha, 03/02/2012
Ihr habt einen Botschafter an eurer Schule?! Dann ist das hier genau das Richtige: Das Deutsch-Britische Schülerforum der Jugendbtoschafter ist online! Schaut einmal rein und fragt einfach an, dort...
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Vikas Swarup's Q&A - Review
Posted by Katha, 29/01/2012
Last modified by Katha, 29/01/2012
“A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.” - Saul Bellow Vikas Swarup, winner of 8 oscars for his first...
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Gated communities - solution to protect people against any mischief?
Posted by Katha, 07/12/2011
Last modified by Katha, 07/12/2011
In this essay I am going to illustrate the topic of gated communities and I would like to look more closely to the statement: “Gated communities are a good solution to protect people against any...
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"Would you like salt and vinegar on that?"
Posted by Jessi, 04/12/2011
Last modified by Jessica Salmon, 06/12/2011
When no other greasy, deep-fried fast-food can cut it, the British culinary delight of Fish 'n' Chips never fails to disappoint. On dark, damp evenings, the smell of sizzling batter and piping hot...
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The Day After Tomorrow - Roland Emmerich
Posted by Katha, 03/12/2011
Last modified by Jessica Salmon, 06/12/2011
The film "The Day After Tomorrow" directed and published by Roland Emmerich in 2004 is a science-fiction disaster story about an ice age. Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal are the principal...
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A Play At The Old Vic
Posted by Jessi, 21/11/2011
Last modified by Jessi, 21/11/2011
London is extremely well known for its theatre. Recently an Irish play named “The Playboy of the Western World” has been showing in The Old Vic, in London’s West End receiving high praises....
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Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy.
Posted by Jessi, 21/11/2011
Last modified by Jessi, 21/11/2011
The cinema – a social place where people congregate over a good film. Ronit Wineman decided to immerse herself in British spy novelist John le Carré’s ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ and here is...
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German/English Stereotypes
Posted by Jenny, 20/06/2011
Last modified by Sian Warden, 21/06/2011
Nice weather today isn’t it? This is one of the most commonly used small talk phrases in England, but is small talk used all over the world in the same way as we do in Britain? A recent...
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Berlin steigt auf !!!
Posted by Katha, 05/06/2011
Last modified by Sian Warden, 06/06/2011
Kaum zu glauben - nach einem Jahr mischt der Fussballclub Hertha BSC aus der Hauptstadt wieder in der ersten deutschen Fussballliga mit. Zwar spielte der fast 120 Jahre alte Traditionsverein in der...
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The Story of Robert Enke (German goal keeper)
Posted by Katha, 23/05/2011
Last modified by Sian Warden, 24/05/2011
Robert Enke was a famous football player. He played for the football club “Hannover 96“ as a goal keeper. In 2008 Enke was supposed to play for the German national team as a goal keeper,...
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The Royal Wedding - 29th April 2011
Posted by Jenny, 22/05/2011
Last modified by Sian Warden, 24/05/2011
As soon as the date was set, the whole of England was preparing in some way or other: businesses laying out stands full of gimmicky souvenirs; street parties being arranged on every block and...
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Printen and princes: a visit to Aachen
Posted 15/04/2011
Last modified by Luke, 12/07/2011
By Thea Bradbury: Last month I travelled to Aachen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, on a school trip. We had initially intended to visit the Christmas market, but due to the heavy snow last December,...
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English television
Posted 16/02/2011
Last modified by Sian Warden, 15/04/2011
By Zainab Haq: Like German culture, English culture is very diverse; from the many ethnicities living in England, to the various different types of music, to the television that we watch. In...
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The British music scene
Posted 14/02/2011
Last modified by Sian Warden, 15/04/2011
By Erin Goldfinch: As far as I’m concerned, the alternative/rock music scene in the UK is pretty exciting at the moment, with well-established bands continuing to churn out top-notch albums as...
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Welcome!
Posted by Sian Warden, 07/02/2011
Last modified by Sian Warden, 06/06/2011
Hello and welcome to the social media pages of the UK-German Youth Ambassadors 2010-11! This page is designed to be a place for you to contribute, be it with articles, photos, videos, comments,...
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