As October draws to a close, we thought it might be fun to share some October-related language facts. 1. Spring forward, fall back Did...

Oh, how I was amused when I stumbled across this post on social media: “Marine Le Pen”, announces the headline, “wants to ban foreign...

Evidence of multi-cultural communities of ‘Viking’ Cumbria can be seen in the place names reflecting the different languages that were...

Ever accused someone of being deaf: “Are you deaf, or what?” Ever scoffed at someone for being “so lame”? How does it sound when put like...

Language is identity, emotion and belonging. Teaching your child your native language in a context where there is another dominant...

I’ll let you in on a secret: I did actually just google how to add emojis to Word documents. I wasn’t even sure it was possible. But it...

It was on a recent walk with my daughter that the idea for this blog came about. She was picking the petals off a daisy, one by one, and...

What do an early aptitude for jigsaws, an insatiable appetite for books from an early age and a summer holiday in Wales aged ten have in...

If there’s one word that springs to mind when I think about the definition of “language”, it’s that language is “colourful”. And I don’t...