James Harris is a writer, comedian, English teacher and language learner (French, German, Chinese) from England. In this funny chat, we talk about learning Chinese, being married to a Chinese woman and his semi-autobiographical book, "Midlands" which tells several funny and touching stories about two ex-pats living in Germany; Stuart, who is a stand-up comedian trying to understand the Germans, and Doug who gets involved in a love affair. James reads several passages from the book during the episode. 👉 Get James' book ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Midlands-James-Harris/dp/B0B38CX11P 👉 Sign up to James' email newsletter "Stiff Upper Quip" for regular short articles in English & more https://stiffupperquip.substack.com/ 👉 Follow James on Twitter https://twitter.com/JamesHarrisNow 👉 Page for this episode on Luke's website https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sJr 👉 Listen to James' first episode on LEP https://youtu.be/nppFuFyIBZU 00:00 Introduction 00:47 Conversation Starts 02:43 Learning Chinese / Being insulted in Chinese by his family-in-law 08:14 James' book "Midlands" 18:54 Reading an extract from chapter 2 23:25 Dealing with a failure at Oxford University 30:08 Reading an extract from chapter 14 39:58 One tip for learners of English