The death of distance?
Long-time favourite of this blog, Daniel Hannan MEP, likes to argue that globalisation is making membership of the EU unnecessary because distance is ceasing to matter. When it comes to …
Long-time favourite of this blog, Daniel Hannan MEP, likes to argue that globalisation is making membership of the EU unnecessary because distance is ceasing to matter. When it comes to …
There is a referendum in Latvia on Saturday on a proposal to make Russian an official language. Around one third of the population have Russian as their first language (compare …
Further to the story from Israel, here’s another example of how language takes on a political dimension. A scheme to promote the use of the Irish language has been launched …
Letter published in the Jewish Chronicle, 26 August 2011 Geoffrey Alderman’s reference to Norway in his discussion of the proposed new language law in Israel is more relevant than he …