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Starring Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, Peter Jackson's film is the first of a trilogy adapting The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien's prequel to Lord of the Rings. There's plenty of new with the old, though, as the movie has been shot entirely digitally and presented in a new 48fps projection format

The Vinterfest classical music festival in Sweden takes place in the snowy depths of winter in the middle of nowhere, but that only adds to its magical appeal

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Watch the BBC video here

photos of melting polar ice look here

A clip from BBC: My city

Listening practice - Germany and the EU from BBC Radio 4

Watch an interview with Jamie Oliver

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A new range of dolls aims to provide our daughters with a healthy alternative to the hyper-sexualised horror of Barbies and Bratz

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Robert Redford's environmental activism: watch here

Watch a video here from the BBC My City series - this week it's Odessa

Listening practice from the BBC's Analysis programme (and here's the transcript) .  Turkey - staying secular

Hi Everyone

This Friday afternoon at 18.00 we are showing "Moneyball", directed by Bennett Miller and starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill and Philip Seymour Hoffman.  As Jacques Barzun wrote: "Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball… "

I hope to see you there and as usual you are welcome to bring your friends and family (it's 2 euros a person per session). Please let me know if you are thinking of coming so that I have a rough idea of numbers. 

Watch the clip here 

Unions in Spain, Portugal and Greece went on strike Wednesday to protest government austerity plans amid a wide economic contraction across Europe's periphery, but questions remained about the unions' ability to influence economic policy. (Wall Street Journal) 

Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government spending cuts Wednesday with a string of strikes and demonstrations across the region. (The Washington Post)

More bikes than people. Watch here

Barack Obama has been re-elected as US President, having won a closely fought contest by a comfortable margin.