MAYFAIR SCHOOL RAISES FUNDS TO HELP THE WORST AFFECTED ECUADOR Friday’s fundraising endeavour in Greenwich proved to be a great success! Supported by our students from Latin America and other countries, Mayfair School launched  an appeal to raise money to help those affected by the earthquake in Ecuador. This was one of the strongest earthquakes to hit Ecuador in decades....
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Happy Easter Mayfair students! Where does the word Easter come from? What food do we usually eat and what idiomatic expressions are connected with the festival? According to the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, the Old English word eastre came "apparently from Eostre, a goddess associated with spring." Another theory is that Eostre was simply the Anglo-Saxon word for spring festivals. Linguists trace this word to roots...
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Once again, we have an art-related event coming up and are very pleased to invite our students and friends to enjoy the works of a group of talented Russian artists on October 22nd here at the school. The group of young painters, who spent the summer on an ‘art camp’ in Russia,  will be coming to London to study English,...
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2015 marks another interesting cultural collaboration, this time between the UK and Mexico. This year, the UK and Mexico are getting together to promote each others’ cultures in the designated Year of the UK in Mexico and The Year of Mexico in the UK. This will be a great opportunity for Britain and Mexico to share and celebrate a whole...
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Mayfair School of English in conjunction with British Council Moscow organised a painting competition to celebrate the UK and Russia Year of Culture in 2014.  The subject of the competition was Russia Today. The response was tremendous and of a genuinely high quality. We were flooded with entries and  it was indeed difficult to choose from the 120 we received, of which many could...
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Brighton voted one of the Top 10 Seaside City Breaks in the World. Well, it is a mixed old time here in London with rain and shine.  We managed to schedule  a visit to Brighton on Saturday and had a 'window' of good weather.  Blustery but dry and the day was enjoyed by all. About 8 million tourists a year...
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