Len Pennie & Sophia Smith Galer: Use It or Lose It

When a language disappears, what else are we at risk of losing – culturally, politically, and personally? In her powerful new book, How to Kill a Language, award-winning author and journalist Sophia Smith Galer journeys across continents and generations to ask this crucial question.

Today, she’s joined by iconic Scots poet Len Pennie, author of the defiant Poyums Annaw, to explore bilingual identity, the erasure of languages, and the efforts being made to revitalise them.Supported by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.