We are delighted to share the report from this year’s Express Yourself: North East Festival of Languages, our sixth annual celebration of the North East’s…
We are delighted to announce the winners of the Karneval Mask Competition, which took place between January and March as part of this year’s Festival.…
We are delighted to share the Mother Tongue Other Tongue 2026 e-book, a digital anthology showcasing North East children and young people’s writing and creativity.…
Photos by Denise Kua Sze Min (Festival Intern – Digital Content Creator) Newcastle Civic Centre windows are filled with a kaleidoscope of colour from the…
We’ve had another fantastic festival this year with over 1,000 school registrations and more than 113,000 children and young people participating in festival events, projects…
Article written and photography by Denise Kua Sze Min (Festival Intern – Digital Content Creator) Young people from across the North East took to the stage…
British Council (Schools) hosted thousands of young people online today at their “Where can languages take me?” webinar. This is the last in our series…
What a treat for the ears and the mind! Schools across the country engaged in a Bilingual Poetry session with teacher, poet and spoken word…
Written by Siyu Zhang, Festival Intern (Digital content creator) Pupils from St Cuthbert’s School, Kenton, Newcastle learned about traditional Indian culture by making traditional Kathputli…
Written by Katarina Trajković, Festival Intern (Digital Content Creator) On Wednesday 4 March, the Spanish Apprentice returned to the beautiful Spanish Gallery at the Auckland…