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3rd June: World Bicycle Day On this day, we celebrate what is considered to be one of the most democratic means of transport: the bicycle. Whether you’re a toddler or in your golden years, whether you want to reach peak fitness or you don’t mind using a little bit of...

1st June: Global day of parents It may not be the first thing that springs to mind when talking about parents, but I’m sure we can all agree they gave us something invaluable: our native languages. The ones we learnt without putting too much effort into it, just by...

Dear Speech Repository Community, On this day, 9th May, we mark the 72nd anniversary of the Schuman Declaration. Robert Schuman, the foreign minister of France, presented the text of what is now referred to as the Schuman Declaration on 9th May 1950. This doctrine paved...

Dear Speech Repository community, Portuguese is the official language of nine countries spanning four continents with over 260 million people speaking it every day. The countries are Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique...

Of all man’s instruments, the most wondrous, no doubt, is the book. The other instruments are extensions of his body. […] But the book is something else altogether: the book is an extension of memory and imagination. [1] Jorge Luis Borges At this time of year, when...

Dear Speech Repository community, This Wednesday, 20 April, is UN Chinese Language Day. In 2010, UNESCO decided to celebrate Chinese as one of the six official languages of the United Nations. On this day, the Chinese-speaking community pays tribute to Cangjie, a...