Un lien très utile pour vous rappeler quelques notions sur la presse britannique. Cela pourra servir aux Terminales et aussi aux BTS.

pictures of Margaret Thatcher here .

In 1979, thirty years ago, she became the first female British Prime Minister.

You may have heard about Alfie Patten, 13 and his girlfriend Chantelle 15 who had a baby (Maisie) last week. The young parents are living with Chantelle’s mother Penny, 38, father Steve, 43, and five siblings in a council house in Eastbourne. The family lives on benefits.

For this weekend the two children find themselves at the centre of a global media feeding frenzy, bidding wars, contracts and the promise of hundreds of thousands of pounds – a sum many will see as a distinctly inappropriate return for a night of playing unprotected mothers and fathers. At least 15 television companies are locked in a fierce battle to make a documentary about the cherubic teenager’s young fatherhood, and media experts estimate Alfie could earn up to half a million pounds.

Despite what has been said about Alfie Patten, not all young families end in disaster.

James Sutton, from Manchester, became Britain’s youngest father of twins in 1999 when aged 13. James was only 12 when his 16-year old girlfriend, Sarah Drinkwater, conceived. The press predicted a bleak future but, a decade on, as well as looking after Leah and Louise, the couple have also had a third daughter, Ellie. After working full-time, James saved and bought the family their own £100,000 home. He helped look after the children while Sarah went through university. Speaking in 2007, James said: “If I could do it again I’d have waited until I was in my 20s, because I missed out on my own childhood.”

Read more on the Independent website

How to make a nice and proper cuppa (= cup of tea )

Relocations are a major economical issue and I was really to read that even newspapers relocate. Read more here : it’s in French !

The British police will use maps to help people to visualise, to see where crime happens. Read more about it here. This article is in French (no excuse for not reading it !)

People who claim benefits may have to pass the “lie detector” test to reduce fraud.

Read more about this issue in The Guardian, a British quality daily paper .

Child Labour is an issue we will tackle next semester but you can start by reading this article from The Guardian, a British quality daily paper.

Watch this video. You will get some information about The Clash, a great British band.

The prestigious Cahiers du Cinema has revealed its list of the 100 greatest films of all time – and not one of them was made in Britain…  Read about it here !

What films are in your personnal Top 10 list of the greatest movies of all time ?

Have you seen some of the classics mentionned in this list ?