Topic: England
Latest articles
-
Labour and Greens vie for Muslim votes in Holborn and St Pancras
Council leader Sagal Abdi-Wali, for Labour, and Green Party leader Zack Polanski are leading the polls ahead of Thursday’s byelection
-
Learners in West Yorkshire wait up to two years for beginner ESOL classes
One provider said there had been a ‘massive boom’ in demand for ESOL in 2024-25 while another college warned of ‘more demand than we can deliver’
-
Turkish food, beyond the ocakbaşı
The nation’s charcoal-grilled kebabs have long been a feature of our culinary landscape. Now, regional street foods, famous dessert cafes and breakfast specialists are all making their mark
All articles
-

Editor’s view: cuts to ESOL revealed by Hyphen are a national emergency
Nearly 40% in real terms has been taken out of the budget for teaching English to speakers of other languages. Here’s why it’s bad news for Britain
-

Nassim Soleimanpour on writing one of the most performed plays in the world
White Rabbit, Red Rabbit became one of the most performed plays in the world. The writer reflects on its legacy 15 years since its premiere
-

Spend on English lessons for non-native speakers plunges 39% in 15 years
Department for Education funding for ESOL classes has fallen £117m in real terms despite rising demand, data obtained by Hyphen reveals
-

Weekend with Prince Abdi: ‘Going for a kebab after a gig was my night out’
The standup on why he hates cooking, being woken up early by the kids and his favourite comedy venues
-

Sheffield school changes uniform rules after community pressure over abayas
Recent guidance from Fir Valley Academy led parents to understand that pupils could no longer wear abayas over their uniform
-

Five books to read on migration
Novels and memoirs to remind us that migration is a tale as old as time, and is essential to our survival, from Megha Majumdar’s A Guardian And a Thief to Cecile Pin’s Wandering Souls








