Opinion polls

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Sometimes you need data about people’s opinions to include in an assignment. For example, a recent opinion poll asked who should be the next British monarch after Queen Elizabeth II.

These polling companies publish some of their results online:

YouGov and Ipsos MORI have partner sites in other countries. Some examples of their polls:

You can also find polling data on the statistics site, Statista.

RSA videos

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The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, more usually known as the Royal Society of Arts or the RSA, was founded in 1754. Even the internet didn’t exist then! Now that it does, the RSA has … Continue reading →

Drama Online

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Drama Online has over 2,200 plays which you can read online. You can browse them by title, playwright, period or genre (for example, Theatre of the Absurd, Asian drama, Children’s theatre, Feminist theatre, Musical theatre, Street theatre). From The Importance … Continue reading →

Brexit collocations

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Have something to say about Brexit? You’ll need the right vocabulary! According to the iWeb Corpus, these words are often found near the word Brexit on web pages: affect, aftermath, ahead, amid, backed, border, campaign, campaigners, challenges, concerns, consequences, deal, … Continue reading →

Correct

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A man using this Chinese ATM pressed the Correct button three times and the machine swallowed his card. He thought Correct was being used as an adjective, but it was a verb! correct (adjective) = right; OK; with no mistakes … Continue reading →

Old HK newspapers

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Hong Kong Public Libraries have an online collection of old newspapers, both Chinese and English, from 1853 to 1991. Hong Kong was then a British colony and the English-language newspapers reflect the preoccupations and views of the expatriate population. Nevertheless, … Continue reading →

Old newspapers online

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If you want to know how past events were reported at the time, you should consult old newspapers. Some are available online. UEA Library provides access to these collections: Collection Years Region Burney Collection 1600-1799 Mainly Britain and its colonies … Continue reading →