I came to Japan with only a bit of savings, the hope of getting an English teaching job, and a few f...

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I think that the answer to this question is very simple: no. You should not go see a movie on a firs...

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Like many Americans my age, I think I have some nostalgia for the Disney afternoon programs. The Dis...

At university I studied Fine Art. Courses like this in the UK tend to focus on developing concepts a...

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