Dialect Festival less than a week away.. !
Don’t forget next weekend is the National Dialect Festival. be sure to get your Dinner tickets and diarise the events you wish to see and/or participate in. Click HERE if … Read More
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Newcastle Hosts National Dialect Festival
The 2024 Festival devoted to the sounds of local speech takes place in October, in Newcastle;e-upon-Tyne Britain’s National Dialect Festival celebrates the language and sounds that ensure the richness of … Read More
Writing in Dialect
Have you ever tried to write in an accented voice? It’s veeerra veer deeeficult. We have a learned expectation that Dr Johnson gave us that our speech follows the spelling … Read More
Gathering programme in full
The latest full programme for the Northumbrian Gathering in Morpeth is here. Clear your diaries and hie to Morpeth April on April 14th – 16th Gathering 2023 programme PDF (downloadable)
Northumbrian Gathering is back!
Yes, the Gathering is taking place in 2023, with the usual competitions for written, spoken, and sung Northumbrian. Entries close on 18th. The full details are on the PDF – … Read More
New Newsletter Editor.
We have a new editor for the Newsletter, Damian Hall