Archive - Flippin' English Club blog

#5 - Five Finnish friends take a sauna

Five Finnish friends take a sauna together and discuss the pressing issues of the day.

Mar 12, 2022 •

#4 - Edward meets Aino and shares a secret

In 1904, Jean Sibelius and his family moved into Ainola, their new family home on the shores of Lake Tuusula. Some years later, his friend Edward Elgar…

Mar 4, 2022 •

February 2022

#3 - Why "Flippin' English Club" is not a bad name

I’m not J. K. Rowling or J. R. R. Tolkien. Good names don’t come easily to me. I’ve built small language-learning apps with crappy names like English…

Feb 26, 2022 •

#2 - Ludwig turns up at the wrong door

In October 1911, Ludwig Wittgenstein turned up unannounced at Bertrand Russell’s door in Cambridge. But what happened five minutes earlier?

Feb 21, 2022 •

#1 - Introduction: who this blog is for and what it is about

There are a number of reasons why I am starting this blog. I want to get better at writing, for one, and that takes practice. Then I have some ideas for…

Feb 21, 2022 •

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