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Useful Links
English Language Newspapers
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True Blues might prefer the Daily Telegraph.
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And just to give you a balanced view of the day's news reach for The Independent .
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Ever heard of The Thunderer?
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If you want to go a little bit down-market try the Daily Mirror
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What's my personal favourite newspaper? The Guardian
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The famous pink 'un: the Financial Times. As they say 'No FT, No Comment!'
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For those who like their news in weekly slices, there's always The Economist (registration required)
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Does what it says on the tin
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Business English from Macmillan
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English grammar on the web
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IMHO the best Business English magazine available
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If in doubt consult The Economist
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Economist Online Dictionary of Economics
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Excellent resource for authentic business listening material (free registration required)
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One stop shop for EFL & ESP
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A slang dictionary -- approach with caution
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Pep Up Your Presentations (Please consider any copyright issues)
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Excellent German-English dictionary
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Excellent business education resource
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Basically, shedloads of English tests!
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Excellent resource enabling you to test your spelling (needs speakers / headphones)
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Vocabulary help from Martin's Little Helper (only in German)
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Learn how to write English gobbledygook free!
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Lots of English learning material
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Loadsa business-related resources
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Business English course in conjunction with the FT
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These guys are the real professionals when it comes to EFL
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Design your own vocab tests, puzzles etc using this site
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Anglo-German cross-cultural advice from my friend Patrick Schmidt
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Economist blog on the use and abuse of English
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A bit like a Debretts for the Facebook generation
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A magazine devoted to presentations and Powerpoint
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Inspirational presentations, speeches and talks (great for listening practice!)
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Let the British Council help you improve your English
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Excellent software for learning & testing vocabulary
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Enhance your wordpower with this "mind-mapping" dictionary
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Good source of business interviews (mainly for advanced learners)
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Useful website that will check the spelling and grammar of your pasted text
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See the rules Guardian journalists work by
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Lots of typical tests that employers use
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Lots of inter-cultural information
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How to build your vocabulary and feed the world at the same time
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Enlarge your vocabulary with One Word a Day (free registration required)
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A language-related 'blog'
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Nice site all about language
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Believe it or not -- English courses for native speakers
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Useful resource for language-related queries
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As in so many things Auntie Beeb (BBC) knows best
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Lots of grammar exercises and explanations (low level and mainly aimed at Germans)
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My favourite European capital
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What do you mean you recognise the tune but can't understand the lyrics? (German only)
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I'll have what she just had!
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Ireland's best-kept secret -- with my mate and ex-boss Ciaran on bass
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One of my favourite eating places in Vienna
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One for the steam train enthusiasts
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"It's not like that on the TV when it's Cool For Cats" -- Squeeze: Purveyors of three-minute urban melodramas!
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Football fans have to get their monthly fix of FourFourTwo
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When a dog takes over control (only in German)
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Never misunderstood a song lyric? I bet you have!
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Marchin' on Together! The Mighty Whites
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Let's hear it for the Bard of Barking!
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The Heurigen Express: kitsch but fun...
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Design and send your own (funny) greetings cards with Moonpig
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The so-called virtual scrapbook of Englishness
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Terrace Chants: sez it all really
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When Saturday Comes: half decent footie magazine so they say
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Bet it's a good place to live
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Just couldn't resist this but no I've never been
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What was number one on the day you were born?
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Cool bar in Lower Austria
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One of the first bars I ever went to in Vienna (Thanks Fitzi!)
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Mike highly recommends: they have the best cabbage soup in the whole of the EU
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'ver Quo: Heads-Down, No Nonsense, Mindless Boogie
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West Yorkshire 1980s heavy rock from the Seymour clan
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Where I started my EFL career
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Bits of the London Underground you never see
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Recommended UK (and Irish) training centres
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As a Northerner I don't advise going to London for training but if you must then these people will look after you very well.
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If you want to improve your Business English in the north of England look no further than York Associates.
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Looking for top-class Business English training in the UK in a rural idyll? Try my good friends at Lydbury English Centre.
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Excellent English training centre in the South West of England
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Verve Training offers bespoke business writing and media training courses for companies in the UK and abroad
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Looking for training in Ireland ? Aisling Ireland will look after you very well
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Excellent resource for any employment or labour market terminology problems
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Your banking terminology questions answered
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Excellent Banking and Financial Glossary from LloydsTSB
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For all those tricky little acronyms we come across
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Officially the best restaurant in the UK and second best on the planet
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One of the prettiest fishing villages on the East Coast of England
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Travel back in time in Amsterdam
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Travelling by train? Then NetworkRail can help you with train times
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The Mal: Mike's favourite hotel chain
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My favourite hotel whenever I'm in Berlin
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Highly recommended hotel in Paris
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Affordable Luxury in London
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Low-cost accommodation in London during university vacations
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Bibi's in Leeds: a Seymour family tradition
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Budget hotel chain with hotels throughout the UK
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Looking for a really authentic British pub?
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Stretch your legs and learn about London while you're doing so
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Luxury boutique hotels in some of my favourite cities
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How do I get there from here?
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Yorkshire: God's Own Country
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Brum -- England's second city
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Looking for a good B&B in GB?
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The best fish n chips in the country so they say
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Excellent B&B in Swansea in Wales
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Spent many a happy childhood afternoon here...
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Travel in the UK without taking the train
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If you're coming to Leeds bring your credit cards
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This restaurant has to be seen to be believed
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