Hello everyone this episode of Luke's English podcast is all about the life and work of David Bowie who died just a couple of days ago

Bowie was an English singer songwriterwriter, record producer, painter and actor.

He was a figure in popular music for over five decades and was considered by people around the world

as a cultural innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s.

I'm a big David Bowie fan and in this podcast my aim is to explain to you the appeal and significance of David Bowie as a cultural icon.

I've had a few messages from listeners all over the world

the last couple of days asking me to talk about this subject and I'm very happy to be able to do that on my podcast.

This subject is significant to me personally and I expect to many of you too but it's also a very significant

subject in British culture in general and I think it's important to teach you about

British culture or English language culture on Luke's English

podcast as well as to teach you the language itself because ultimately it's all part

of the same thing. The language exists within the culture or perhaps the culture exists within the language

and they're kind of intertwined together in complex ways.

So really to learn the language like a native I think it helps to know about the culture of that language too

So that you can start thinking in the same way that native users of that language think too.

Also, if you ever talk to native speakers of English, then you'll need to know about the cultural

references.

For example, at the the moment like right now and no

doubt for a long time afterwards people will be talking about David Bowie his

music his art and its significance.

And of course they'll be talking about music.

Music is a very important part of British culture.

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