Benjamin Zephaniah describes his love for the organic nature of English language.
Derek Simpson
Derek Simpson discusses how growing up in a working class area changed his accent.
Garth Judd
Garth Judd describes his experience adapting his accent to accommodate different environments.
Jennifer Childs
Jennifer Childs explains how she's inherited elements of her mothers speaking habits.
Jung Chang
Jung Chang considers the experience of growing up under Mao and how that affected her access to English.
Li Xing
Li Xing describes her relationship with the English language and how it altered her career.
Megumi Kato Inman
Megumi Kato Inman debates the benefits and obstacles of belonging to different cultures.
Najabulo Ndebele
Najabulo Ndebele explains as a child he was unaware that English was a bi-product of colonialism.
Roline Salomons
Roline Salomons talks about how young she was when she was exposed to English.