It's time to bring the project to a close. In this chapter, we touch on some subjects we haven't covered and check if Elisa's British boyfriend still wants to talk to us. Thank you for being with us through those 10 episodes, and let's home we'

Chapter 9: Hey ho, hey ho, it's off to work we go

Jan 20th, 2023 32m 20s

People from all over EU until recently were coming to the UK in their thousands to look for work. People from other parts of the world still find Britain an attractive destination. But is the British workmarket a good place to be an employee?

Chapter 8: trains, buses and everything

Jan 13th, 2023 38m 45s

One of Elisa's English language students said that "Britain is the country where everything is organized and buses are always on time". Oh, how wrong she was. With the bus and rail strikers, the government accuses trade union leaders for "makin

Chapter 7: British universities. Are they really so good?

Jan 6th, 2023 35m 59s

We invited professor Jan Čulík, lecturer in Czech from the school of modern languages and cultures at Glasgow University today. We decided to ask him if the British universities, so famous around the world for their teaching quality, are really

Chapter 6: Trucking Hell

Dec 30th, 2022 36m 25s

Our guest today is Mat Ireland, driver, podcaster, and writer. We discuss the topic of the infrastructure for truckers in Britain. You can find Mat:- on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@suffolkmatireland/videos- on Facebook: https://www.facebo

Chapter 5: British bureaucracy

Dec 23rd, 2022 40m 26s

This week Elisa and Tomasz discuss why British bureaucracy is so disfunctional and what can be done to improve user's experience in contact with the government, banks and other insitutions. To ilustrate problems when talking to automatic voice

Chapter 4: Home, sweet home. Tiny, mouldy home...

Dec 16th, 2022 33m 15s

Britons are pround of being one of the richest economy. But are standards of living really that great?We lived in a few countries between us, and we can't remember topics like "mould", "leaving rooms unheated to save money", "single glazing win

Chapter 3: Britain is a world leading democracy. Or is it?

Dec 9th, 2022 34m 36s

Britain is very proud of it's democracy. You can often hear soundbites like "world leading", "well-established" or "historic". Sure, Magna Carta and other things were good - for their time. But it's XXI century. Is Britain's democracy suitable

Chapter 2: Britain is rubbish - or "why there is so much litter everywhere?"

Dec 3rd, 2022 30m 53s

Britain is a beautiful country. Old victorian towns, beautiful landscape, walkable city centres. Yet it is all spoiled by rubbish. Litter is everywhere, even despite the fact that bins are plentiful and easily accessible - from the main streets

Chapter 1: The NHS is the envy of the whole world... or is it?

Nov 25th, 2022 30m 44s

Once upon a time, I (Tomasz) was asked to write a series of articles about how Britain looks through the eyes of foreigners. I simply had to start with the NHS. It's a recurring topic of every conversation between EU citizens in the UK. I think