@michaellondon,
You may have inadvertently changed your preferred language. Click on the gear wheel and change it to English. Note, I am not giving you specifics because Facebook is constantly changing and tweaking its look and feel - what I see in the upper right corner, you might see on the left. I am trying not to confuse you unnecessarily.
Also, you can control a lot of what you see by hiding stories and also liking, sharing, and commenting on others. Want to see something? Give it positive social signals. Don't want to? Give it negative social signals.