Contents

4 ANNIVERSARIES
200 Years of the National Gallery in London
Slovakia: 20 Years in the EU

6 SPORT
Paris 2024 Olympics

8 EVENTS
Summer Thrills

10 LITERATURE
A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen

12 INTERVIEW
Walking the Camino de Santiago

14 B1 MATURITA
Language in Use

15 B2 MATURITA
Listening

16 C1 MATURITA
Reading

18 ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
English-Speaking Countries in 20 Slightly Odd Questions

20 TRAVEL
Exploring Albania

22 FILM
A Summer Full of Movies

24 NEWS
Cooliosities

26 LANGUAGE
Checks, Cheques and Czechs

27 LANGUAGE
Love Idioms

28 MUSIC
Bluegrass with a Modern Twist, Music in the News

30 SERIES: ECONOMICS
Advertising

31 PUZZLES
The Puzzler

32 COMPETITION
“Citizen Journalists” Winners

Extras