Language
Short Cuts. Series 33, Without Words. Audio, 28 minutes
Josie Long presents short documentaries about moments when language evades us.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. New Thinking: Language Loss and revival. Audio, 44 minutes
John Gallagher is joined by Gwenno, who writes and sings in Cornish, and others
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
People Fixing The World. Bringing dead languages back to life. Audio, 23 minutes
How do you revive a language with no living speakers?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted5 January 2023
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- Posted29 December 2022
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- Posted28 December 2022
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- Posted15 December 2022
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- Posted6 December 2022
Arts & Ideas. New Thinking: Language, the Victorians and Us. Audio, 45 minutes
From Lancashire dialect protest poetry to Hardy's Dorset vowels. John Gallagher hosts.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted5 December 2022
Four Thought. Piracy on the Page. Audio, 19 minutes
Author Joe Nutt argues we need to fight back against what he calls 'linguistic piracy'.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sideways. 36. All in a Name. Audio, 30 minutes
Matthew Syed explores how finding the right words can help us tackle big wrongs.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Falling Stars. Audio, 28 minutes
Poet Dr Sam Illingworth looks at our shifting relationship with scientific language.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted22 November 2022
House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate, Pitcher, Fruit-Tree, Window. Audio, 28 minutes
A radio hymn to the things around us inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duino Elegies.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Ukraine: War and Words. Audio, 28 minutes
An exploration of how the war in Ukraine is affecting the production of writing and books.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted7 November 2022
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- Posted1 November 2022
Analysis. Is 'Political Blackness' gone for good? Audio, 28 minutes
Mobeen Azhar asks what’s next after 'political blackness' and 'BAME'?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. New Thinking: Dead Languages. Audio, 45 minutes
John Gallagher says hello in Oscan, the language of Ancient Pompeii
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
CrowdScience. Why can't I change my accent? Audio, 29 minutes
Why are accents so hard to change even when you speak a language perfectly?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Unavailable
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- Posted3 October 2022
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- Posted22 August 2022
