The Superlinguists: Monolingual societies

The Superlinguists: Monolingual societies

Simon Calder meets speakers of indigenous languages (like Welsh in Britain), of dialects (like Moselfrankish in Germany) and vernaculars (like African-American Vernacular English, in the US). These speakers all use the mainstream language every day, but code-switch to their variants, questioning whether their societies are monolingual. Is there even something sinister and oppressive to the idea of monolingualism?

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Paul McCartney: Beatles and beyond

Paul McCartney: Beatles and beyond

The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs celebrates the life and legacy of Sir Paul McCartney, from his Liverpool roots to Beatlemania and beyond. It is a journey that moves from the late 1950s spanning McCartney’s...

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Scammed, robbed, traumatised – life after war for Russian soldiers

Scammed, robbed, traumatised – life after war for Russian soldiers

Russian soldiers were told that they would be the country's 'new elite' by President Putin. But many of them have reported being robbed and scammed out of the money that they earned fighting on the Uk...

30 Elo 202526min

Surviving the floods in Pakistan

Surviving the floods in Pakistan

Many parts of Pakistan have been experiencing intense rainfall in recent weeks. Since June, at least 800 people have been killed, homes and businesses lost, and thousands forced to evacuate their comm...

30 Elo 202523min

Digitally preserving Armenia’s Christian heritage

Digitally preserving Armenia’s Christian heritage

In the ancient Yererouk Basilica in Armenia, near the border with Turkey, young engineers are using 3D digital technology to scan every part of the building. The aim is to recreate the church on a scr...

29 Elo 202526min

Student Predator: Surviving Zhenhao Zou

Student Predator: Surviving Zhenhao Zou

Earlier this year, Chinese student Zhenhao Zou was jailed for 24 years for drugging and raping ten women in the UK and China. He has been described by police as one of Britain’s “most prolific sexual ...

27 Elo 202528min

The Facebook grifters making money off AI Holocaust victims

The Facebook grifters making money off AI Holocaust victims

In Early June, the Auschwitz Memorial posted a warning about AI-generated Holocaust victims flooding Facebook. BBC Trending has since tracked several accounts pushing these false narratives and other ...

27 Elo 202521min

Suing 'Alligator Alcatraz': Immigration in the US

Suing 'Alligator Alcatraz': Immigration in the US

President Trump has called illegal immigration an “invasion” and what has followed is a huge rise in the arrest and detention of migrants. Some have ended up in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ - an immigration d...

26 Elo 202526min

Adeju Thompson: Taking fashion label Lagos Space Programme to the world

Adeju Thompson: Taking fashion label Lagos Space Programme to the world

Adeju Thompson, the founder and creative director behind the Nigerian fashion label Lagos Space Programme, attempts to establish the label on the global fashion scene. Lagos Space Programme blends Yor...

25 Elo 202526min

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