Language

Why it’s time to stop saying the c-word when talking about suicide
Josie Jakub

Why it’s time to stop saying the c-word when talking about suicide

Every time someone says, ‘committed suicide’, it reinforces shame and stigma. It’s time to rethink our language

We need to change the way we talk about benefits if we’re ever going to rebuild trust in the system
Lucy Bannister

We need to change the way we talk about benefits if we’re ever going to rebuild trust in the system

Turn2Us is publishing two guides to help politicians and journalists improve how they talk about the benefits system and social security

‘I wanted the game to feel unlike anything else’: How I invented hit board game League of Lexicon
Board games

‘I wanted the game to feel unlike anything else’: How I invented hit board game League of Lexicon

League of the Lexicon is a quiz game about words and language that started life as a way of distracting bored kids during lockdown

How tourism can bring endangered languages back from the brink
the future of travel

How tourism can bring endangered languages back from the brink

Are regional accents really disappearing?
Society

Are regional accents really disappearing?

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‘It will be so emotional’: Rose Ayling-Ellis on BSL becoming an official language
Accessibility

‘It will be so emotional’: Rose Ayling-Ellis on BSL becoming an official language

To understand a language you need the culture that surrounds it
Culture

To understand a language you need the culture that surrounds it

Arrival and the cosmic truth of language
Film

Arrival and the cosmic truth of language