Szelényi Annie – Let’s Cross Over

“Why didn’t adults want to read about Narnia, about secret islands and smugglers and dangerous fairies?” (The Ocean at the End of the Lane ch.6) When I finished reading Neil Gaiman’s most recent novel written for adults, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, I realised that the above question, which was posed by…

Medgyessy Zsófia – English Speaking Adventure

Friday afternoon, the end of March, the sun is shining. Vörösmarty Square, the Gerbeaud, the English flag and the British Embassy, at last. I’ve never been there before. It is a very big day. The day of the International Public Speaking Competition where all the participants have to prove their thoughts about the theme: “Imagination…

Bödecs Rebeka – ‘Young and Beautiful’

  The 2013 Baz Luhrman adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is regarded by many as an over stylized, extremely dramatic mixture of glitter and blood. Probably this is the reason why it puts off so many viewers and earns such violent criticism. Yet I was recommended to watch it by at least…

Barczi Tamás – What is Urban Exploration?

Urban Exploration or Urbex is about breaking the plans and rules. It is about experiencing a side of a city which scarcely anyone sees. When a traveler visits a town, plans the places to be seen, reads the info about the sights, and makes a timetable when to visit the places overcrowded with tourists. This however…

Welcome to EDZine

Welcome and thank you for visiting Pázmány EDZine (English Department Magazine). We are thrilled to announce that with this blog post we are launching the English Department’s new project, this Magazine-like blog-journal. In EDZine we are going to write about ourselves to tell the interested what we are up to. OK, in other words what…