A huge 'Tom Hanks' to BBC London reporter Adriana Elgueta for spending time with our Andy Green and Saif Osmani and reporting on the Modern Cockney Festival for the BBC News website: Do you need to be from London to be a cockney?
Our Saif Osmani recently went on Kevin O'Sullivan's TalkTV show to discuss Cockney identity and what the Modern Cockney Festival is all about: https://youtu.be/ucK2Gasj5vg And he then popped up on BBC London Politics with Diane Abbott MP and Jackie Doyle-Price MP...
As part of the inaugural Modern Cockney Festival we explored how the Cockney language is evolving. Cockney speech and dialect is arguably one of the main signifiers of Cockney identity and culture. Yet, there are reports that it will disappear from the streets of...
We're thrilled that our Modern Cockney Festival has been covered in national newspapers, in particular our efforts to get Cockney recognised formally as a community language.
After almost a year spent with the Creu Cyffro programme - delivered by Wellbeing Merthyr and funded by the UK Government via its Community Renewal Fund - our role on the evaluation has drawn to a close. Led by Drs Ellie Farmahan and Eva Elliott, of Straeon Research,...
As we approach International Women’s Day (March 8) today we will be celebrating inspiring Cockney women as part of the Modern Cockney Festival. The inspiring stories of working-class London women who overcome adversity to fight for social justice has largely been...
