Students at English UK member Bristol Language College are enjoying a very British way of improving their skills: a book club.

The students meet on Thursdays in a local coffee bar. They have usually been asked to read a chapter or two of the book they are discussing...

We look forward to connecting English UK members to hundreds of serious agents and buyers from around the world on 4 – 6 September, at the QEII Centre.

Every week, we summarise the news to give you some insight into what is happening in the UK, and what people are talking about.

This week, what Mr Darcy would have looked like, find out about robots in London's Science Museum, why first-born children earn more, 40-year-old recordings are found, and the man who spied on his wife.

Every week, we summarise the news to give you some insight into what is happening in Britain, and what people are talking about.

This week: the street that inspired Diagon Alley, disappearing vegetables, the most miserable day of the year, Sherlock Holmes and the UK's most unusual family...

"Chester is in the centre of UK and in the previous months I went to London, Oxford and Edinburgh. I visited all of the UK because I love travel and discovered a new culture."

Agostino Strina from Sardinia