A cold morning.

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How I really feel about the UK after 5 Years Living here as an American

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The Norwegian Blood League #funfact

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Why do we say “cold” and not “chald”?

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How 5,000 Villages Keep Rare Crafts Alive In Vietnam | Big Business | Business Insider

There are reportedly more than 5,000 villages across Vietnam working on traditional crafts like incense sticks and fishing baskets. Some are part of a government program that has generated about $1 billion a year in exports. We traveled across Vietnam to see how these traditional products are made.

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Aurora over Antarctica

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How cities got their names

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Rob and Jess are touring the US and the UK in search of the most interesting city name origin stories.

💨 Does ‘Chicago’ have anything to do with wind?
🗽 Is New York actually named after York?
🚇 Does anyone know what ‘London’ means?
🏹 And what was Nottingham’s hilarious old name?

Find out as we climb aboard the etymological city-hopper in another wordy, nerdy Words Unravelled.

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When Magritte Betrayed Surrealism

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BBC Radio 4 Extra – Words, Words, Words

Sue Perkins explores the house of Samuel Johnson – author of ‘A Dictionary of the English Language’.

Published in 1755, this book was to set the standard for all future dictionaries.

Comedian Sue also pays a visit to the British Library for a whirlwind tour of the earliest English dictionaries, with all their attendant quirks and oddities.

With:

* Biographer, Henry Hitchens
* Oxford English Dictionary Editor, John Simpson
* Antiquarian bookseller, Karen Thomson

Producer: Sarah Jane Hall

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.

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Bangkok, Thailand

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