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Multilingual Notting Hill

French, Spanish, Italian

My visits to Notting Hill have been wonderful. There are many people who speak French, Spanish and I...

My best Hampstead Maths Tutoring Outcome

Maths

In April 2013 a mother found me on The Tutor Pages website that no longer exists. It was for her son...

How do I tutor such different subjects?

Maths, French, Spanish, Italian, Chess

I am frequently told what I tutor is a strange combination of subjects. I beg to differ because the ...

The rarity of the French Imperfect Subjunctive

French

The Present Subjunctive or the Present Perfect Subjunctive is often used instead. This does seem out...

The beauty of the Spanish accenting system

Spanish

In English when learning where the stress goes on a word there is no hard and fast rule. Take the wo...

Don't use your calculator all the time

Maths

Do not use your calculator for everything. This is because some calculations should be quicker using...

The 2025 GCSE Maths resit crisis

Maths

I think it would make far more sense to stick to one hard enough standard each year instead of it fl...

The Hampstead Collective concerts

I have found The Hampstead Collective to be a an amazing eye opener. Don’t let the fact that i...

Mill Hill Music Club

If you love classical music or it helps you and inspires you to study then I can recommend Mill Hill...

Is Italian similar to French?

French, Italian

Bonjour/Buongiorno, It is said that 89% of Italian words have a French cognate. That means a similar...

Good chess clubs near Mill Hill

Chess

It is unfortunate that Mill Hill in London does not have any chess clubs. The good news is there is ...

Why not to obsess about Chess Openings?

Chess

It is far more useful to understand the main ideas of an Opening than learning loads of moves and va...

2025 GCSE Maths results

Maths

I think the key thing is the pass rate for GCSE Maths is very slightly down on last year. https://fe...

How is an Italian "C" pronounced?

Italian

Have you ever wondered why an Italian “C” sometimes sounds like a “C” in the...

Brilliant Italian grammar proficiency test

Italian

This is a europass test to find out your Italian grammar level. There are some very good questions h...

Castling in Chess

Chess

King’s pawn openings or Queen’s pawn openings for beginners? It is my very strong belief that beginn...

Chess openings for beginners

Chess

King’s pawn openings or Queen’s pawn openings for beginners? It is my very strong belief that beginn...

Maths tutoring

Maths

Even good schools get it so wrong about Maths It is sadly a too common story that even good private ...

What is an equation and what is an identity?

Maths

An Identity An identity could be thought of as an equation where both sides are the same way or a di...

Spanish tutoring lessons in London | El pretérito grave

Spanish

El pretérito grave El pretérito grave is an irregular form of the preterite tense but with a pattern...

French Tutor North London | The French Subjunctive!

French

The French Subjunctive As a French Tutor I have always been fascinated by the French grammar and its...

The truth about adding or subtracting mixed numbers!

Maths

It is a common misconception that one needs to convert mixed numbers into top heavy fractions to add...
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