WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

On this date, January 28, 1939, the Irish poet, one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature, William Butler Yeats, died in Menton, France. Final arrangements for his burial in Ireland could not be made, so he was buried at Roquebrune, France. The intention of having his body buried in Sligo was thwarted when World War II began in the autumn of 1939. In 1948 his body was finally taken back to Sligo and buried in a little Protestant churchyard at Drumcliffe, under his own epitaph: 

“Cast a cold eye

On life, on death.

Horseman, pass by!”

LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE

www.learn-english-today website is for those who are studying English as a second language (ESL) or a foreign language (EFL).

Obviously, it is not intended to be a substitute for English classes with a teacher.

Its aim is to provide resources and materials to help learners study English effectively.

PRACTISING AND IMPROVING YOUR LISTENING SKILLS

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english

https://www.esolcourses.com/content/topicsmenu/listening.html

http://www.5minuteenglish.com/listening.htm

THE EUROPEAN UNION, BRITAIN AND BREXIT

Read here about Britain's approaching departure from the European Union. 

https://www.nytimes.com/section/learning

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

JANUARY

"The trees down the boulevard stand naked in thought,

Their abundant summery wordage silenced, caught

In the grim undertow; naked the trees confront

Implacable winter's long, cross-questioning brunt."

D. H. Lawrence, Winter in the Boulevard