Yorkshire Dialect News Today

Former teacher Rod Dimbleby, 80, is chairman of the Yorkshire Dialect Society and is running a highly popular Yorkshire dialect course in Keighley, Bradford.

TEACHING people in Craven to speak their own language – to talk Yorkshire - may sound a crazy idea, but the 125-year old Yorkshire Dialect Society…

A Local dialect enthusiast who has helped raise thousands of pounds for a Ryedale theatre is stepping down from his traditional Yorkshire Day show.

Exhibitions highlighting Yorkshire dialect are taking place across North Yorkshire.

IN 1905, the Halifax born John Hartley, the most prolific of all Yorkshire dialect writers, published a poem called ‘Yorksher’.

KEIGHLEY is preparing to fly the flag for Yorkshire Day.

Delve into Yorkshire dialect with libraries and museums

LAST week’s guest church was Holy Trinity, Cowling, as correctly identified by a number of people - Clifford Meehan, Paul Weatherhead , Marilyn Shuttleworth, and Peter, from Leeds, who comments on ‘the prominent , curved church yard path, Lutheran red door and heavily buttressed tower’. It was also correctly identified by the Rev Canon Michael Cowgill, who now lives in Steeton, but who was vicar of Cowling from 2007 to 2014. Built in the perpendicular gothic style in 1845, the churc...

Submitting... “For the past 25 years, I have been out three or four times a week during spring and summer, reciting poems and recounting stories that involve the Yorkshire dialect and its people. “But since last year’s first lockdown in March, I have created a series of videos through Facebook that have had audiences of more than 5,000 and have been watched around the world.” Adam said his first dabble in the world of dialect poetry came when he was seven-years-old as part of a troupe ...

Girl Woman Other by Bernadine Evaristo (Penguin £8.99) This has been our bestselling book of the year. It is a snapshot of Modern Britain through the lives of twelve interconnected women. The diverse voices weave a story of how a nation has developed. It is hopeful, as we see acceptance and opportunity and past wrongs addressed and prejudices challenged. Each woman has her own individual voice. It is definitely a novel for our times and has been a reading group favourite all year. Silver By ...