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Our biannual magazine celebrating our work in education and cultural exchange

Dialogue

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The English-Speaking Union is all about dialogue and our biannual magazine is named to reflect this. Packed full of interesting articles and interviews, it celebrates our work in education and cultural exchange and opens the conversation on topical issues affecting us all.

Each issue features:

  • Alumni stories
  • Education news
  • A topical debate
  • Latest books, events and podcasts to note
  • Case studies and reports on our work
  • Branch and International ESU news

Please see past issues below. Members also receive listings of branch news and forthcoming events.

Winter 2022

Featuring:

  • Nadiya Ivanenko, Chair of ESU Ukraine, on the ESU’s vital role
  • Ten things you didn’t know about Ukraine
  • Exchange students on their life-changing year abroad

 

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Summer 2022

Featuring:

  • A celebration of our patron, Her Late Majesty the Queen
  • Jon Coles, former Department of Education Director General for Schools and Education Standards, on the importance of oracy
  • A visit to Madani Schools Federation, Leicester, joint winner of our Oracy Culture Award 20201
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Spring 2020

Featuring:

  • Professor James Raven on the ESU’s role in a fragmenting world
  • Celebrating shared cultures on Commonwealth Day
  • The Public Speaking Competition at 60
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Look inside!

Take a peek inside our spring 2019 issue.

The quality of the publication throughout speaks for itself

Abie Philbin Bowman

Broadcaster and comedian

Stories from past issues

News and views

From the mic to the like

Guardian writer and podcast presenter Jordan Erica Webber discusses the benefits and dangers of social media becoming the loudspeaker for our voices.

News and views

Celebrating 60 years of the Schools’ Mace

On the 60th anniversary of Schools’ Mace, four Mace winners from various decades, tell us how it has shaped their lives.
News and views

Where could the ESU take you?

ESU Lindemann Scholar, Vivien Cumming is a scientist, photographer and writer who travels the world in the pursuit of new adventures and discoveries.

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