News
Is this the end of the Holocene period? (Independent, 15/09/16)
Dr David Higgins writes about the Holocene and Anthropocene periods and how the climate during the Romantic period affected literature, particularly during the ‘year without summer’ of 1816.
The Matter of the North (BBC Radio 4, 07/09/16)
Poet, playwright and PhD student Rommi Smith takes part in Melvyn Bragg’s latest series. This episode, The Radical North, examines the radical movements that sprang from the region.
Professor Clive Upton on BBC Radio
Professor Clive Upton (Emeritus Professor of Modern English Language) talks about accents and dialects as part of an identity.
Professor Francis O'Gorman on the BBC
Professor O'Gorman spoke on BBC Radio York recently, ahead of his appearance as part of York’s Festival of Ideas.
A Guide to the Modern Snob (BBC Radio 4)
Dr Julia Snell (School of English) discusses linguistic snobbery on Radio 4's Archive on 4.