www.wordsmith.org/awad

Improve your vocabulary by subscribing to A Word A Day. Learn a new word every day and impress your friends by slipping them into conversations. The site has just celebrated its tenth birthday.

www.who2.com

We are a nation of celebrity worshippers, judging by the sales of tabloid newspapers and gossip magazines, so here is a website which allows you to find out about any famous person you want to know about.

www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk

Cast your mince pies over this wind and kite and you will be speaking like a proper cockney in no time, no Fred MacMurrays! This is a great site which lets you translate English into slang and vice-versa.

www.hitched.co.uk

The most nerve-wracking role at a wedding has to be the best man. This site should help make the job easier it even includes a wedding speech toolkit. Never be lost for words on the big occasion.