Japanese is one of the linguistically furthest languages from English, and its three writing systems are no exception. Let's take a quick walk through the history behind them and how they work harmoniously together.

700 years of Islamic rule in Al-Andalus has left its footprint on the Spanish language.

An exploration of my journey through language learning and my changing relationship with language through the school system.

As the English language clings onto its lingua franca status, what does this mean for the rest of the world? Is English a threat to other languages? Or is its growth an inevitable effect of globalisation? Emma Burnett discusses.

Love a bit of lexical fun? Let's take a look at the major dictionaries' choices for Word of the Year 2023.

Why do we have so many words for so many things? Local words and accents are important for identity, and the strange little aspects of our language are all evidence of the development of language in a local area.