Two interesting bits on sloppiness in science taken from The Economist's podcast and online version repectively.
https://soundcloud.com/theeconomist/is-science-wrong
http://www.economist.com/node/2724226

Some useful tips

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Short-Story

That's right. Time to write! Watch minutes 1.50  to 6.05. Finish the story of The Man in The Hole.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUhGvAY9fM4

You can read the first few pages here. Just click on the book cover.
http://www.amazon.com/Man-Dark-Novel-Paul-Auster/dp/0312428510

if you're interested in music and languages...well...let your mouth start to water

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IxJbc_aMTg

Vocab-crazed language freaks might fancy some of these

http://www.vocabulary.com/
http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/tour-guide-vocabulary.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/police-vocabulary.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/vocabulary.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/negotiations-vocabulary.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/meetings-vocabulary.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/speaking/telephone_terms.htm
http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/crime-vocabulary
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-environment.php#.UwN1Y87oBOM
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-mass-media.php#.UwN1lc7oBOM
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-economics.php#.UwN1ws7oBOM
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-economics.php#.UwN1ws7oBOM
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-information-technology.php#.UwN2XM7oBOM
http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/media-vocabulary/
http://www.world-english.org/media_vocabulary.htm
http://www.roadtogrammar.com/movies/

Crazy about vocab!

http://www.languageguide.org/english/
http://www.mansioningles.com/Vocabulario.htm

 Have you ever tried setting google on book search. Keep looking and you may stumble onto some very interesting stuff you won't have to pay for...
 
http://books.google.es/books?id=VgVMkT2T5ggC&printsec=frontcover&dq=speak+english+fluently&hl=es&sa=X&ei=AxwCU46hOOn40gXHw4HoBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=speak%20english%20fluently&f=false

http://books.google.es/books?id=mjdxKEvI_pkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=write+in+english&hl=es&sa=X&ei=fRwCU_i1MuOn0QX7vIC4Dw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=write%20in%20english&f=false

http://books.google.es/books?id=g5PeZC0JwFYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=sample+writing&hl=es&sa=X&ei=cBoCU8DnI6iT0QWdvIDACQ&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=sample%20writing&f=false

http://books.google.es/books?id=xeTd0I-XPYIC&pg=PA12&dq=sample+writing&hl=es&sa=X&ei=cBoCU8DnI6iT0QWdvIDACQ&ved=0CFwQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=sample%20writing&f=false

Video news

http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/feb/12/australia-toyota-closure-politics-video
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/nov/26/nsa-gchq-surveillance-made-simple-video-animation
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2013/aug/13/freed-matrix-3d-replay-technology-video
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2013/dec/16/tablet-google-apple-microsoft-2013-video-review
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/feb/14/fifth-snowstorm-blankets-new-york-2014-video
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jan/24/act-of-killing-oscar-nomination-indonesian-government

Brilliant  film show
http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2013/dec/27/top-3-films-2013-video
http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2014/feb/14/her-cuban-fury-monuments-men-video-review
http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2014/jan/31/out-of-furnace-armstrong-lie-lone-survivor-video-review
http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2014/jan/24/inside-llewyn-davies-teenage-august-osage-county-video-review

Exam samples galore!


http://portal.ced.junta-andalucia.es/educacion/webportal/web/educacion-permanente/prueba-unificada-de-certificacion


http://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/eoi/pruebascertificacion;jsessionid=290AE6BF136B495D21D18F49F99313FC?p_p_id=advanced_content_menu_WAR_cms_tools_INSTANCE_y6qT&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-2&p_p_col_count=1&_advanced_content_menu_WAR_cms_tools_INSTANCE_y6qT_struts_action=%2Fadvanced_content_menu%2Fview&_advanced_content_menu_WAR_cms_tools_INSTANCE_y6qT_selectedTab=1285145707058

http://www.eoieuskadi.net/es/pcertificacion.php?pag=modelos

http://www.eoi-bilbo.net/es/departamento.php?Departamento=Ingl%C3%A9s&Id_Departamento=3&Id_Seccion=76

http://www.educaragon.org/arboles/arbol.asp?sepRuta=Sistema+Educativo%2F%3Ca+href%3D%27%2Feducacion%5Fno%5Funi%2Easp%27%3EEnse%F1anza+no+Universitaria%3C%2Fa%3E%2F&guiaeducativa=&strSeccion=PPI02&titpadre=R%E9gimen+especial&arrpadres=$Ense%F1anzas+de+Idiomas&arrides=$113&arridesvin=$&lngArbol=1786&lngArbolvinculado

 http://www.educarm.es/admin/webForm.php?aplicacion=ARTISTICAS_IDIOMAS&mode=visualizaAplicacionWeb&web=92&ar=637&zona=PROFESORES&menuSeleccionado=418

http://eoitudela.educacion.navarra.es/eoi/examenes/pruebas-certificativas.html

http://www.educastur.es/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2708&Itemid=54

 See what you make out of this...
http://careers.theguardian.com/careers-blog/the-good-the-bad-and-the-covering-letter
http://careers.theguardian.com/sectors-industry-roles

Letters, letters, letters...
http://www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com/Public/PublicResources.html?direction=b-es-en&sp=S/oldo/resources/es/correspondence_public.html

A ton of well-structured English video lessons. Excellent to review your grammar, practice your listening skills and learning new vocab.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq3dBkm3aa8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXk4tQH9AWQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5hELJQJ7lo

Free script craze!!!
http://www.script-o-rama.com/table.shtml

How to write a film review...

http://www.apsu.edu/sites/apsu.edu/files/academic-support-center/Movie_Review.pdf

Excellent  interviews/reviews packed with descriptive vocab and brilliant chunks of language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_dH0w90lyc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKea_49v3I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R0WdUhVB84
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYG_BJNhT6U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaK0YBA8Lss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQkuMe2-X3Y


Two podcasts for those hankering after more thorough reviews:

The Economist
https://soundcloud.com/theeconomist/new-fiction-peter-careys-the?in=theeconomist/sets/the-economist-culture
https://soundcloud.com/theeconomist/new-american-fiction-tainted?in=theeconomist/sets/the-economist-culture
https://soundcloud.com/theeconomist/picassos-pivotal-year?in=theeconomist/sets/the-economist-culture
The New Yorker
https://soundcloud.com/newyorker/the-new-yorker-out-loud-131007-pierpont
https://soundcloud.com/newyorker/the-new-yorker-out-loud-1

The guardian books podcast (fiction and non-fiction reviews and loads more)

http://www.theguardian.com/books/series/books

film reviews 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3u6LVHlGTk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHxdPHMsIdk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0xgdzDO25k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yaw7m5Of3Cc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43gAIBzXzsw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoZpCmcnM_s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jonkduDdc5k

book reviews
http://bookriot.com/podcast/


music reviews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcjy0dr42gc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aspbCJ68zqY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7UfcEtU8AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PECeceTOCU8

This guy can teach! Great stuff on phrasal verbs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsE4UmmkVtU&list=UUwA7Aepp7nRUJNa8roQ-6Bw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_YAUaSqV8o&list=UUwA7Aepp7nRUJNa8roQ-6Bw

Psychometric verbal reasoning tests...brilliant for your English and good training if you re looking for a job.

http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/tests/verbaltest.htm

They say nothing s for free these days...
http://www.youtube.com/user/duncaninchina
http://www.youtube.com/user/rachelsenglish
http://www.youtube.com/user/ENGLISHCLASS101
http://www.youtube.com/user/JamesESL
http://www.youtube.com/user/bbclearningenglish?feature=watch

 Body idiom vids!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Ygbm2GuHk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWfHZkrA_Zg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taGtKw_Pv00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdJ21f4-zpw