The World from PRX

David Crystal

Tim Hankins helps maintain All Saints Church in Aldwincle, England. Poet John Dryden was born in Aldwincle and baptized in the church.
Arts, Culture & Media
English might not have become quite so popular, if a 17th-century poet had his way
Tim Hankins helps maintain All Saints Church in Aldwincle, England. Poet John Dryden was born in Aldwincle and baptized in the church.
Arts, Culture & Media
English might not have become quite so popular, if a 17th-century poet had his way
At Bede's World in Jarrow, Britain, a staff member dressed as a monk poses in front of a recreation of an Anglo-Saxon animal shelter.
Arts, Culture & Media
From its beginnings to today, the English language has always been a hodgepodge