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Glacier in Patagonia
Date
25 October 2018 - 18:02

The Welsh language in Patagonia: a brief history

Y Wladfa is a unique Welsh-language settlement in Patagonia, Argentina. Dr Walter Ariel Brooks traces how the language has evolved in Argentina since its arrival in 1865.

Tags
History
Person standing in front of bookshelves
Date
13 September 2018 - 13:26

One Arabic-English translator shares his experience

Tony Calderbank has been translating from Arabic to English since 1992. He shares some of the knowledge he has acquired along the way. 

Tags
Literature, History
Wesley Enoch at Sydney Festival
Date
13 August 2018 - 09:08

'If you remove language, you’re also removing knowledge of landscape' – Wesley Enoch

Artistic Director of the Sydney Festival Wesley Enoch is an Indigenous Australian whose language, Jandai, is vanishing. He talks about how to keep a language alive.

Tags
Festivals, Theatre, History
Drawn image of a pineapple on a cream surface
Date
22 March 2018 - 12:03

How two artists interpreted their shared history for one exhibition

Bahamian artist Sonia Farmer and Scottish artist Graham Fagen created two very different artworks for an exhibition on the historical significance of slavery.

Tags
Visual Arts, History, Equal opportunities and diversity
'Shetlandic is still a living spoken tongue'. Image (c) Mike Erskine, used under licence and adapted from the original.
Date
28 August 2017 - 14:12

'Recognisable yet strange': a guide to Shetlandic dialect

Christine De Luca is a poet who writes in Shetlandic, which is spoken in the Shetland Isles off the north coast of Scotland. We asked her about the dialect.

Tags
Literature, English language, History
'One thought lingered in my mind: "A town is gone and I feel nothing."' Image (c) Juan Antonio Segal, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
25 May 2017 - 17:33

The Polish town that vanished off the map

What happens to people's memories when their town disappears? We asked Filip Springer, author of 'History of a Disappearance: The Story of a Forgotten Polish Town'.

Tags
Literature, History
'While it might be enjoyable to listen to Scandinavian musicians like ABBA singing in English, it is sometimes seen as a threat to their languages.' Image (c) bradhoc, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
25 April 2017 - 14:55

Seven pieces of Scandinavian music to enjoy

Writer and translator Robert Ferguson, who has lived in Norway for 30 years, takes us on a tour of Scandinavia's musical heritage.

Tags
Music, Performance, History, Cultural relations
'People live in colourful wooden houses, some with grass roofs, where the occasional cheeky sheep can be spotted grazing.' Image (c) Rav_, licensed under CC0 and adapted from the original.
Date
27 March 2017 - 16:30

A guide to the Faroe Islands

Eir Nolsøe, a radio journalist from the Faroe Islands, tells us about her home country, on the occasion of this year's Nordic Matters festival at the Southbank Centre in London.

Tags
Cultural relations, History
'Alsatian culture is a unique mix of French and German influences.' Image (c) jackmac34, licensed under CC0 and adapted from the original.
Date
23 February 2017 - 10:00

Alsace: culturally not quite French, not quite German

Being an English language assistant gives you insight into a new culture. Laura Leichtfried, a language assistant in Alsace, France, tells us about the region.

Tags
Study outside the UK, History
'Churchill had a personal "soft power" that extended beyond his political and strategic skills.' Drawing (c) Lyn Ott, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5, 2.0 and 1.0, and adapted from the original.
Date
14 July 2015 - 14:31

Churchill: an icon of soft power?

The British Council’s John Dubber examines how a figure famous as a war leader was also a master of soft power, or influence by attraction rather than coercion.

Tags
Cultural leadership, History
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