Spotlight English

Countries and organisations all around the world use flags. These flags communicate their identity. Bruce Gulland and Liz Waid look at the history of flags and their uses today.

Today's Spotlight is on Henrietta Lacks and her amazing cells.

Today's Spotlight is on the women who began modern nursing practices, Florence Nightingale.

This is the fourth program in a five-part series about showing love to other people. Liz Waid and Colin Lowther look at showing love to other people by caring for and serving each other.

Vaccines are used all over the world to prevent disease. Liz Waid and Nick Page tell the story of the first vaccine.

Liz Waid and Bruce Gulland look at a magical creature – the unicorn! Did unicorns really exist?https://spotlightenglish.com/history/the-true-unicorn/Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/spotlightenglishDownload our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-appleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotlightradioAre you learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. You can learn English words, and even practice English by writing a comment. Visit our website to hear programs in English: http://spotlightenglish.com

Have you ever tried to see how fast you can do something? Today's Spotlight is on playing games as fast as possible.

This is the third program in a five-part series about showing love to other people. Liz Waid and Bruce Gulland look at showing love to others by giving and receiving gifts.

Do you like to be afraid? Spotlight tells scary stories – and looks at why people like to hear these frightening tales.

Liz Waid and Mike Procter look at what vaccines are, and how they work in the body. Vaccines are used all over the world to prevent disease.