This episode is about dialect, in the main Yorkshire dialect, but with reference to the many others across the UK. It looks at how dialect develops, why it’s important and who speaks and writes it.
Writer, performer and cultural historian Irene Lofthouse is joined by Rod Dimbleby, Chair of Yorkshire Dialect Society and dialect writer/tutor; Richard Wilson, Vice-Chair of Yorkshire Dialect Society; with contributions from John Davidson of the Northumbrian Dialect Society, discussing the topic and sharing examples from literature.
