Which nation is the most romantic? Chris investigates.

You can find wild generalisations and blatant national stereotyping anywhere you like on the Internet – a proud tradition which this blog is usually happy to uphold – but today we’re going to dispense with all that and get scientific for a change. Let’s take it as read that there’s a reason why French, Italian and Spanish are known as ‘Romance’ languages (and that reason probably has more to do with Antonio Banderas read more

“Who was St Valentine?”

As a history graduate, and one who spent much of his final year studying the peculiarities of the medieval church, my question back to you is this; which St Valentine? Catholic Online lists no fewer than 14 St Valentines on its website, and not much is known about any of them.

However, and despite our protestations, historians aren’t usually the sort to let actual history get in the way of a good story and so I’m happy read more

In the run-up to the appointment of the next Republican candidate to run against Barack Obama in the US Presidential elections, the Newt Gingrich camp has produced a TV advert (relevant portion is at 0:45) portraying his opponent Mitt Romney’s ability to speak French as a point against him. Since then, a great deal of effort has in turn been expended by a number of Mr. Gingrich’s opponents keen to “prove” that he too has more than a passing familiarity read more

It’s February, and we at Robertson Languages are looking forward to the impending onslaught of romantic sentiment promised by Valentine’s Day.
We’d be remiss in our duties if we didn’t take a little time to educate our readership in the finer points of cross-cultural seduction, and so we’ve posted a list of ways of saying “I love you” in some of the world’s major languages.
Each phrase is accompanied by audio (and in some cases, video) recordings of actual speakers saying the read more