Northumbrian Language Society

The Scots are breathing new life into their native tongue by getting it on the educational curriculum. And the benefits are already been seen by boosting the self esteem of … Read More

TWICE every day Lindisfarne – or Holy Island as it is known – is cut off from the mainland as the North Sea engulfs the causeway linking it with the … Read More

Poet and storyteller Raymond Reed reflects on a dialect that’s dying out and a traditional language that is adapting to survive. He was delivering the annual Roland Bibby Memorial Lecture, … Read More

Regional dialects must be more than an echo of the past if they are to survive. That was the message spelled out to language enthusiasts at Morpeth, Northumberland. The warning … Read More