I’m a French, middle-aged (quite young, actually) reader, working as an IT man in a public research laboratory. I haven’t had any particular connection, other than personal taste, to the English language: no overseas job in a past life, no family field experience as a child. But English always sounded great to my ears and my favourite poet had been Roger Waters (yes, Pink Floyd’s musician and lyricist) for a very long time. So, I had to thoroughly study the language!
Several years ago, I took advantage of a class offered by my company and our teacher was an English lecturer. She was bright and clever and one day, she handed me an issue of the Guardian daily newspaper. I found the international news enlightening. The Guardian then became my web browser’s home page and, soon, I ended up as a subscriber to the Guardian Weekly.
I generally start to read international news. But if I had to name a preferred section, I would choose the Long Read or the Weekly Review.
I get hooked. For example, I remember a journey on a train where I felt like I was in the middle of the North Sea in a small sailboat, surrounded by gales, gusts and high waves! I was reading about the incredible voyage of Frank Dye, the “madman of the Atlantic”, and his crewman, who had survived a journey on the high seas.
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