PODCAST Our MP3 show features language activities in English specially adapted for learners. This week: "Water, water, every where". Spotlight Premium members can get a free transcript: The Spotlight podcast
PREVIEW  The cover of the December Spotlight, which goes on sale next week, shows a dramatic picture of a native Alaskan child. Melting ice and erosion from the sea are forcing a community of Yup'ik Eskimos on the state's south-western coast to change their 2,000-year-old lifestyle. We catch up with them as they prepare to move to higher ground: December preview
LANGUAGE Text messaging is changing the English language says Professor David Crystal: The joy of txt
USA '08  Will she? Won't she? According to the Politico website, Hillary Clinton isn't sure she would accept the Secretary of State job even if Barack Obama offers it to her. Yesterday's report by the Guardian newspaper that Clinton has been offered and has accepted the post of America's "foreign minister" are inaccurate, a Clinton insider told Politico: Looking back
TRAVEL The majestic strongholds of the English conquerors are now major tourist attractions: King of the castles
HISTORY  Happy Birthday Mickey Mouse! The world's most famous rodent is 80 years old. At least yesterday was the day in 1928 when "Steamboat Willie", the first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon, was shown in American cinemas. Mickey became the Walt Disney Company's mascot and has starred in 120 cartoons, in comic books and newspaper comic strips. The Spotlight November History article looks at the origins of this famous animated character: The first modern cartoon
 "The people of Midsomer live in the most dangerous place in England." Britain Today
LITERATURE Julian Earwaker introduces us to Britain's most popular literary genre: Four faces of crime fiction
SOCIETY The dramatic fall in US real estate prices has been disastrous for financial institutions: House of cards
DEBATE Have your say! Vote in our debate poll. "Should people wear fur today?" Fashion or crime?
OPINION  "Though nothing looks familiar to me / I know I've stayed here before / Once, a thousand nights ago / With the girl from the Red River shore." Bob Dylan is 68, but he's still singing, still touring and still making records. For Dylanologists, Christmas has come early because "Tell Tale Signs" is in the shops: The Red River girl
PLUS Spotlight plus  concentrates on grammar and vocabulary practice at different levels of difficulty, as well as offering a monthly page on idioms, regular translation exercises and reading comprehension. You can get a free, double-page PDF of the plus, which goes with the September magazine: Spotlight plus
WINNERS  Congratulations to Sandra Prieß of Berlin, Franz Josef Betz of Siegen, Gerti Kastner of Markdorf and Hannelore Zeifang of Wallenhorst. Because they knew that a Maori Teremoe is a canoe and that Cindy McCain was once a rodeo queen, they are the winners of the Spotlight 9/08 competition: Winners and answers
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