The hilarious Siobhan Thompson, from BBC America’s Anglophenia blog, teaches Science Friction’s Rusty Ward — and the rest of America — how to pronounce difficult British place names. With very funny results.

Seriously, I’ve only just got Fowey myself.

The hyper-catchy chorus of Shake It Off has been bouncing over our airwaves for a few months now, and last week saw the launch of her latest album 1989 (which has already gone platinum). Taylor Swift is increasingly hard to avoid, and intriguingly increasingly hard to resist as well.

Maybe you’ve been surprised, even horrified, at the eagerness with which you seem to be getting on board with Team Taylor?

Well fret no more, because here’s the solution: a prescription of Saturday Night Live’s Swiftamine. Enjoy.

In tribute to the Premier League starting up again tomorrow – and given it’s anticipated to be one of most exciting seasons since Marco Boogers signed for West Ham in pre-season ’95 – here’s a little teaser from comedian Jason Sudeikis and NBC.

For good measure, here’s 10 things Guardian Sport are looking forward to this season.