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6 Minute English

Not a dancer? You might change your mind once you hear the benefits! Beth and Neil discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary. (Image: Getty)

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Dancing for the brain

Could being the underdog help you succeed? 

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Why everyone loves the underdog

The UK's Equality Act of 2010 guaranteed the rights of disabled people to equal access to education, employment, and services, including music, theatre and the arts. Despite this, it's still difficult for disabled musicians and music fans to perform and see live music. Neil and Georgie introduce you to some ways people are trying to change this, while teaching you some useful vocabulary. (Image: Getty)

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Disability in music and theatre

What makes a library a library? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.

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What makes a great library?

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Sewing to fight period poverty

Plastics can be difficult to recycle, could a recently discovered enzyme help? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.

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Plastic waste eaten by enzymes

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Feed your brain

What do mothers eat after giving birth? Does it depend on which country you are from?

Food for new mums

Neil and Beth discuss a project in the Netherlands for helping lonely people.

Fighting loneliness with soup

Should we be worried about our jobs disappearing? Or is the future positive?

What is the future of work?

Neil and Rob talk about loneliness and how some people prefer their own company.

Loneliness

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