In today’s episode, we are slowing things down as we explore the relaxing world of handicrafts.

Our colleague Laurence tells Sue how simple handcraft activities help reduce her stress, boost her creativity, and bring a calming meditative sense of accomplishment that reflects her past achievements.

In this episode, entitled The revenant Sue interviews Sophie who tells us how her views about France changed for the better after she had spent a few years living in the UK.

Sophie talks about 5 key areas that made her feel more positively towards here native beloved France.

Can you guess what they are ?

Listen and find out.

This week we celebrate Valentine’s Day — a day of romantic gestures and declarations? But how deep do they go?

In today’s episode, we’re talking about body language and how it can sometimes reveal more than words ever can. From eye contact to nervous gestures, we’ll explore a few clues that might help you decide whether your Valentine is being completely honest.

In January, like us, you may like to look forward and inject positive new energy into your life and work, or perhaps you prefer to look backwards to review the year that is passed and draw positive conclusions.
For the first podcast of 2026, our colleagues Caroline and Sue have chosen to look back at 2025 and single out a number of positive break-throughs which serve as cause for optimism and celebration as we embrace the year to come.

Welcome to this special Christmas edition of Ze English Podcast! This month, Sue and Lawrence dive into one of Britain’s most mysterious festive traditions: the Christmas pudding. Sue reveals her granny’s secret recipe — a recipe so old-fashioned it takes three days, a lot of stirring, a Christmas wish, and even something called suet (don’t panic, we explain everything).

If you love good food — and we know you do — get ready for spices, brandy, Guinness, a bit of chaos, and plenty of Christmas cheer.

Let’s get into Stage 1… before Sue runs out of time!

This week, on the last Thursday of November, is Thanksgiving day. For this special occasion we have a bonus edition taken from the archive in company with our dearly missed former colleague Regina, who talks us through the meaning and mood music that accompanies what is one of the most popular holidays in the American calendar.

In today’s episode, we speak with our colleague Floyd in Jamaica, which was directly hit by Hurricane Melissa about three weeks ago. Floyd tells us what daily life has been like since the storm, describes the damage in his hometown of Montego Bay, and explains how people are slowly rebuilding with courage and determination.

France is the land of butter, cheese, and steak tartare — so it’s no surprise that only about 2% of the French actually call themselves vegetarian.

Across the Channel, more than 15% of adults in the UK now follow some kind of meat-free diet. In today’s episode, Hazel tells us why it's important to her and how she has handled raising her children as vegetarians.