David Cameron

Spotlight Audio 2/2012

This month on Spotlight Audio: Test your spoken English. Talking about winter. Writing reports. A short story. And much more.

off the table

not offered for discussion (vom Tisch)

What's the big idea?

Colin Beaven: "Is David Cameron another Iron Lady?"

RAF jets were sent to Libya. Photo: Crown Copyright/MOD 2011

Action on Libya - Medium

Watch the statement Prime Minister David Cameron gave to reporters after British jets were sent to Libya. Then do our exercise to learn some of the vocabulary he used.

A day in bed thanks to William and Kate

Britain has fewer public holidays than most European countries, but it has laws that allow the government to declare holidays to celebrate special occasions. Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer's wedding in 1981 was a public holiday.

An apology for Bloody Sunday

One of the most violent episodes in the Northern Ireland conflict was Bloody Sunday, 30 January 1972. On that day, soldiers of the British army confronted Catholic demonstrators in the city of Londonderry. Thirteen of the demonstrators were shot and killed.