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The most overlooked algebra topic

Maths

From what I see when I tutor Maths, it is Algebraic Fractions. That applies to Fractional Equations ...
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My London System Thoughts

Chess

The London System is very much a Slav Defense with reversed colours so it cannot be bad as the Slav ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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The rarity of the French Imperfect Subjunctive

French

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

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

If you love classical music or it helps you and inspires you to study then I can recommend Mill Hill...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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How is an Italian "C" pronounced?

Italian

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

Chess

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

Chess

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

Maths

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